A Quote by Winston Churchill

An aphorism is not an aphorism unless you know what it means.

Winston Churchill

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Winston Churchill
British - Statesman
November 30, 1874 - January 24, 1965

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom. The flabby wine-skin of his brain Yields to some pathologic strain, And voids from its unstored abysm The driblet of an aphorism. "The Mad Philosopher," 1697

Ambrose Bierce

Desperate times call for desperate measures" is an aphorism which here means "sometimes you need to change your facial expression in order to create a workable disguise." The quoting of an aphorism, such as "It takes a village to raise a child," "No news is good news," and "Love conquers all," rarely indicates that something helpful is about to happen, which is why we provide our volunteers with a disguise kit in addition to helpful phrases of advice.

Daniel Handler

I do not know to whom the aphorism 'There are no sound studies, only ones that haven't been busted yet' belongs, but it has measure of truth in it.

Mark Dvoretsky

Speech is protected in the U.S., and at the risk of repeating a hackneyed aphorism, free speech is worthless unless it applies to offensive speech. It is an American value, and one well worth protecting.

Neil Macdonald

The healthy know not of their health, but only the sick: this is the physician's aphorism, and applicable in a far wider sense than he gives it.

Thomas Carlyle

The aphorism is a slippery plaything.

Mason Cooley

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.

Ambrose Bierce

An aphorism is a generalization, therefore not modern.

John Fowles

Beyond Good and Evil, Aphorism 153

Friedrich Nietzsche

The striking aphorism requires a stricken aphorist.

Alfred Polgar

We endeavor to stuff the universe into the gullet of an aphorism.

Paul Eldridge

Always be civil to the girls, you never know who they may marry' is a aphorism which has saved many an English spinster from being treated like an Indian widow.