| |  | | | | | | Aphorism is a brief saying embodying a moral, a concise statement of a principle or precept given in pointed words. | | Glossary of Literary Terms | | | | | | | Aphorisms by authors: | | Allen, Woody | Fitzgerald, F. Scott | Oppenheimer, Robert J. | | Aristotle | Franklin, Benjamin | Romanoff, Prince Nicholas | | Berra, Yogi | Gandhi, Mahatma | Shakespeare, William | | Block, Arthur | Heisenberg, Werner | Socrates | | Borges, Jorge Luis | Hemingway, Ernest | Trimble, John R. | | Burnett, Carol | Holzer, Jenny | Twain, Mark | | Churchill, Winston | Hunninghake, Anne | Unknown | | Confucius | Johnson, Samuel | Voltaire | | Einstein, Albert | Lennon, John | Wilde, Oscar | | Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Nietzsche, Friedrich | All authors  | | | | | |