apophthegm

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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

I was still pondering over this apophthegm, when Crofton aroused me by pushing across the table a great heap of gold.

From A Day's Ride A Life's Romance by Lever, Charles James

They did not dream of the apophthegm that knowledge is power; and that we become strong by subduing nature to our will.

From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by Newman, John Henry

That famous apophthegm leads us nearer to the saving truth.

From Nature Mysticism by Mercer, John Edward

The talk went on to patriotism, and Johnson laid down an apophthegm, at "which many will start," many people, in fact, having little sense of humour.

From Samuel Johnson by Stephen, Leslie, Sir