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1-26-2008 2:43 PM1833 views
Kore7 says:
Delacroix, Eugene (France, 1798-1863)

To be a poet at twenty is to be twenty; to be a poet at forty is to be a poet.
According to James Geary, editor of the compendium Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists, a truely memorable, quotable aphorism satisfies five laws:
It must be brief. It must be definitive. It must be personal — that's the difference between an aphorism and a proverb. It must be philosophical — that's the difference between an aphorism and a platitude, which is not philosophical....

And the fifth law is it must have a twist. And that can be either a linguistic twist or a psychological twist or even a twist in logic that somehow flips the reader into a totally unexpected place.
Now you know, so get to work!
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1-26-2008 4:59 PM
Marcariel
Thanks ... I will!
1-26-2008 5:13 PM
JohnWaterman
That's another book on my list.... so much to read and so much clipping to be done, where do we find the time?
1-26-2008 5:14 PM
bignosemousie
I love a challenge.

Nobody ever forgets where he buried the hatchet.
So true.
1-27-2008 1:17 AM
saan-kpa
I like the one about the missionaries; I might open an essay with it. The Africans weren't the only ones who had that happen to them. Thanks for the clip!
1-27-2008 2:47 AM
Deepti
A good listener is usually thinking about something else
1-27-2008 3:24 AM
onlinedesign
Fabulous.
1-27-2008 2:08 PM
carrerinyes
Life is like a box of chocolates, Forrest
Ye never know what yer gonna get
1-27-2008 5:42 PM
Satchamo
I liked Anton Chekhov's "Any idiot can face a crisis. It is this day-to-day living that wears you out." Another book to add to my must-read list.

1-28-2008 3:12 AM
pokkets
Sometimes it can take some time to learn how true a proverb is.
With an aphorism it can be like learning how good it is to have the light on when you're looking for your keys.
One of my favorites is
Once said by an old man "I wish I was half as smart as I thought I was when I was 20"
Ill have a go
What's the difference between an aphorism and a one-liner?
A one-liners can carry a joke
An aphorisms can carry carry an argument-and a joke
An Aphorism is a phrase that will still be be remembered after people have forgotten the writer, because they will know the writer was writing about them.
Aphorisms are great for translators, because they mean the same thing in every language.
Anyone who thin...
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1-28-2008 4:52 AM
pokkets
While it may be true that a watched pot never boils, try saying that when your finger is in the water.
6-8-2008 7:40 AM
egsnyder
Thanks for introducing the topic of aphorisms. Fun!

Here's a cute one by Woody Allen...




It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly not desirable, as one's hat keeps blowing off.
Woody Allen
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