aphorisms

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Aphorisms from his mother, who died in 2002, have been a staple of his campaign language for years.

From New York Times • Jan. 20, 2021

Aphorisms attributed to Rumi circulate daily on social media, offering motivation.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 5, 2017

Summum, ruling that a Utah city did not have to allow a minor religion to erect a monument to its Seven Aphorisms near a Ten Commandments monument in a public park.

From New York Times • Dec. 5, 2014

Aphorisms don't make an argument… Jasper Britton as Jack and Nina Toussaint-White as Susan in Race.

From The Guardian • May 30, 2013

It did not contain the Civil Lists, but, as stated in the title page, "some Chinese sayings and Elegant Aphorisms."

From Toronto of Old by Scadding, Henry