| It is a book of hard-won wisdom and stark pleasure in the form of 500 lyrical aphorisms and epigrams. |
| This was one of the reasons that people spent more time making up pithy aphorisms and witty epigrams. |
| Holmes was a master of the flip aphorism, but one shouldn't confuse flip aphorisms with legal acumen. |
| For him, the centrepieces of conversation were aphorisms, epigrams and paradoxes which seemed to trip effortlessly from his honeyed tongue. |
| The sayings are in the form of proverbs, parables, aphorisms, and exhortations. |
| Sheikh Mo, who fancies himself a prophet of modernisation, likes to impress visitors with clever proverbs and heavy aphorisms. |
