Miguel de Cervantes Quotes

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom.

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

A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed on the memory, they nourish the will.

An aphorism is true where it has fixed the impression of a genuine experience.

A proverb is good sense brought to a point.

There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'

Somewhere in the world there is an epigram for every dilemma.

A proverb is one man’s wit and all men’s wisdom.

An aphorism is true where it has fixed the impression of a genuine experience.

ADAGE, n. Boned wisdom for weak teeth.

An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths.

An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

Aphorisms are food for thought - like sushi, they come in small portions that are both delicious and exquisitely formed. And, like sushi, I can never get enough.

A witty saying proves nothing.

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

Better halfe a loafe than no bread.

In an aphorism, aptness counts for more than truth.

Aphorisms are not true or false, but pointed or flat.

An aphorism is a generalization, therefore not modern.

Old saws have no teeth.

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.

An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.

A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.