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published collection of
aphorisms is
Adagia by Erasmus.
Other important early aphorists were
Baltasar Gracián, François de La Rochefoucauld, and
Blaise Pascal...
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Aristotle (Gr****: Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs,
pronounced [aristotélɛːs]; 384–322 BC) was an
Ancient Gr****
philosopher and polymath. His
writings cover a broad...
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Benjamin Franklin FRS FRSA FRSE (January 17, 1706 [O.S.
January 6, 1705] –
April 17, 1790) was an
American polymath, a
leading writer, scientist, inventor...
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memoirist And Then
There Were Nuns S. D.
Chrostowska novelist, non-fiction,
aphorist Permission, The Eyelid, Matches: A
Light Book
Eliza Clark 1963 novelist...
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Great Aphorists (2007),
claimed to be the
largest collection of
aphorisms in the
English language, and
follows on from his
previous volume on
aphorists and...
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Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-speaking
Bohemian Jewish novelist and
writer from Prague. He is
widely regarded as one of the major...
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Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche (/ˈniːtʃə, ˈniːtʃi/ NEE-chə, NEE-chee, German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈniːtʃə] or [ˈniːtsʃə]; 15
October 1844 – 25
August 1900)...
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Oscar Fingal O'Fflahertie
Wills Wilde (16
October 1854 – 30
November 1900) was an
Irish poet and playwright.
After writing in
different forms throughout...
- was a
Polish aphorist and poet.
Often mentioned among the
greatest writers of post-war Poland, he was one of the most
influential aphorists of the 20th...
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Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (October 27, 1858 –
January 6, 1919),
often referred to as
Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an
American politician, statesman...
