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

Avicen, like a fool, forgot in his Aphorisms to say that gold was the most precious restorative, and that treasure was the most excellent medicine of the mind.

From Rosalynde or, Euphues' Golden Legacy by Baldwin, Edward Chauncey