- a variation of apothegm.
apophthegm
Example Sentences
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The apophthegm of the Doge might have been pertinently applied to Louis XVIII. by the people.
From Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I by Fleury de Chaboulon, Pierre Alexandre Édouard, baron
On this subject a remarkable apophthegm is recorded by Plutarch; It is impossible, said Cato, to save a city, in which a single fish sells for more money than an ox.
From A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Or The Causes Of Corrupt Eloquence The Works Of Cornelius Tacitus, Volume 8 (of 8); With An Essay On His Life And Genius, Notes, Supplements by Tacitus, Cornelius
Accordingly a proverb, in the nineteenth century, is a commonly known and frequently cited apophthegm.
I should prefer to reverse the apophthegm, and to say that in life I see the promise and potency of all forms of matter.
From Mysterious Psychic Forces An Account of the Author's Investigations in Psychical Research, Together with Those of Other European Savants by Flammarion, Camille
They made apophthegm take the place of message.
From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis
