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 | Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays. — Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer 6 likes |
 | Beware of thinkers whose minds function only when they are fueled by a quotation. — Emile M. Cioran, 1911-1995, French-Romanian philosopher 4 likes |
 | A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool. — Joseph Roux, 1834-1905, French clergyman & poet 4 likes |
 | All my best thoughts were stolen by the ancients. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 4 likes |
| An aphorism can never be the whole truth; it is either a half-truth or a truth-and-a-half. — Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer 4 likes |
 | The truest sayings are paradoxical. — Lao-Tzu, 6th cent. BC, Chinese philosopher 3 likes |
 | After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations. — H.L. Mencken, 1880-1956, American columnist & cultural critic (on Shakespeare) 3 likes |
 | Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit. — Oscar Wilde, 1854-1900, Irish writer 3 likes |
| Make your own Bible. Select and collect all the words and sentences that in all your readings have been to you like the blast of a trumpet. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 3 likes |
 | A witty saying proves nothing. — Voltaire, 1694-1778, French philosopher & writer 3 likes |
 | Almost every wise saying has an opposite one, no less wise, to balance it. — George Santayana, 1863-1952, Spanish-American philosopher 3 likes |
 | Proverbs are always platitudes until you have personally experienced the truth of them. — Aldοus Huxley, 1894-1963, English writer 3 likes |
 | An aphorism is an audacity. — Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher 3 likes |
 | Aphorisms are the true form of the universal philosophy. — Friedrich von Schlegel, 1772-1829, German writer 3 likes |
 | I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself. — Marlen Dietrich, 1901-1992, German-American actress 3 likes |
 | Aphorisms are rogue ideas. — Susan Sontag, 1933-2004, American writer, critic, activist 2 likes |
 | It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. — Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953 2 likes |
 | Quotation, n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 2 likes |
| Aphorism, n. Predigested wisdom. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 2 likes |
| By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 2 likes |
| Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 2 likes |
| I hate quotations. Tell me what you know. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 2 likes |
 | Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay an author. — Samuel Johnson, 1709-1784, English writer 2 likes |
 | Few maxims are true in every respect. — Vauvenargues, 1715-1747, French author of maxims 2 likes |
 | People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations. — Bob Dylan, 1941-, American singer [Nobel 2016] 2 likes |
 | One must never miss an opportunity of quoting things by others which are always more interesting than those one thinks up oneself. — Marcel Proust, 1871-1922, French writer 2 likes |
| An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like a hedgehog. — Friedrich von Schlegel, 1772-1829, German writer 2 likes |
 | An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach, 1830-1916, German author of maxims |
 | He wrapped himself in quotations – as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors. |
 | People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations. |
 | In general, when reading a scholarly critic, one profits more from his quotations than from his comments. |
 | There is a strong feeling in favour of cowardly and prudential proverbs. |
 | There should be a special way of reading maxims: one page a day, maybe. |
 | There are two sentences inscribed upon the Ancient oracle... “Know thyself” and “Nothing too much”; and upon these all other precepts depend. |
 | Life itself is a quotation. |
 | A book of maxims is a timid confession. — Maurice Chapelan, 1906-1992, French author of maxims & journalist |
 | Most of those who make collections of verse or quotations are like those who eat cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all. |
 | All the best men have said has been said in Greek. |
 | Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. |
Quotes in Verse
 | What is an Epigram? A dwarfish whole, Its body brevity, and wit its soul. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, 1772-1834, English poet & philosopher 2 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | There's an old proverb that says just about whatever you want it to. — Anonymous 4 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | Proverbs are the remnants of old philosophy preserved due to their brevity and smartness. Αι παροιμίαι παλαιάς εισίν φιλοσοφίας εγκαταλείμματα, περισωθέντα διά συντομίαν και δεξιότητα. — Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 4 likes |
