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aph·o·rism (

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1. A tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage. See Synonyms at saying.

2. A brief statement of a principle.

[French aphorisme, from Old French, from Late Latin aphorismus, from Greek aphorismos, from aphorizein, to delimit, define : apo-, apo- + horizein, to delimit, define; see horizon.]

apho·rist n.

apho·ristic (-r

k) adj.

apho·risti·cal·ly adv.

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Noun

aphorist - someone who formulates aphorisms or who repeats aphorisms

intellectual, intellect - a person who uses the mind creatively

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PHILADELPHIA, the home of founder and aphorist Ben Franklin, has taken an old cliche--"penny wise, pound foolish"--to a new level The city doesn't want to spring for real speed bumps, so it's hoping fake ones will do the trick, despite hard evidence that they won't make any difference.

Fake speed bumps: pound foolish in Philly by Riggs, Mike / Reason

[As the eighteenth-century German scientist and aphorist Georg Christoph] Lichtenberg [wrote in one of his "waste books"]: "He could split a thought which everyone considered simple into seven others, as a prism splits sunlight; and each one of them always surpassed the one before.

The violence of images, violence against the image by Baudrillard, Jean; Foss, Paul / ArtUS

If you are a student wanting to learn a bit more about the 18th-century German aphorist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, you would do well to read something more than James's 26-page essay which has, as its title and running header over those pages, the words "Georg Christoph Lichtenberg".

For the love of knowledge by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

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