| He re-read the apophthegm with a slower and more solemn utterance. |
| Although being born with a full head of hair is not all that extraordinary, Iskander's quizzical apophthegm could be taken as the quintessence of magic realism. |
| This isn't because of his economics, nor his view of religion, but because he has completely internalised Marx's apophthegm that freedom is the recognition of necessity. |
| The lump of earth, being taken somewhat by surprise, was not prepared with an apophthegm, and said nothing. |
| The point of the apophthegm is that after drinking wine he deprived himself of water until he got ill, a point lost by the translation here. |
| This apophthegm is one of the landmarks of religious history. |
