An aphorism is true where it has fixed the impression of a genuine experience.
Aphorism Quotes
The hunter for aphorisms on human nature has to fish in muddy water; and he is even condemned to find much of his own mind.
The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other well.
The aphorism is cultivated only by those who have known fear in the midst of words, that fear of collapsing with all the words.
Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms, and the greatest, and best of men is but an aphorism.
The only way to read a book of aphorisms without being bored is to open it at random and, having found something that interests you, close the book and meditate.
