- An
aphorism (from Gr**** ἀφορισμός: aphorismos,
denoting 'delimitation', 'distinction', and 'definition') is a concise, terse, laconic, or
memorable expression...
- "YOLO" is an
acronym for "you only live once". It
became a po****r
internet slang term in 2012. It
expresses the view that one
should make the most of...
- "Time is money" is an
aphorism that is
claimed to have
originated in "Advice to a
Young Tradesman", an
essay by
Benjamin Franklin that
appeared in George...
-
wrong is a
common aphorism and
anapodoton in statistics; it is
often expanded as "All
models are wrong, but some are useful". The
aphorism acknowledges that...
-
Aphorisms is an EP by post-rock band Red Sparowes,
released on Amazon.com as a
digital download on July 9, 2008. It was also
released a few days later...
- The Zürau
Aphorisms (German: Die Zürauer Aphorismen) are 109
aphorisms of
Franz Kafka,
written from
September 1917 to
April 1918 and
published by his friend...
-
translation of an
aphorism coming originally from Gr****. It
roughly translates to "skillfulness
takes time and life is short". The
aphorism quotes the first...
- The Bed of Procrustes:
Philosophical and
Practical Aphorisms is a
philosophy book by N****im
Nicholas Taleb written in the
aphoristic style. It was first...
- by
Romanian author Emil Cioran. The book is
presented as a
series of
aphorisms,
meditating primarily on the
painful nature of
being alive, and how this...
-
Carpe diem is a
Latin aphorism,
usually translated "seize the day",
taken from book 1 of the
Roman poet Horace's work Odes (23 BC).
Carpe is the second-person...
