Sentence example with the word 'apophthegm'

apophthegm

Definition n. a short pithy instructive saying

Last update: September 30, 2015


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No saying was oftener in his mouth than that fine apophthegm of Bentley, that no man was ever written down but by himself.   [Please select]

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To do Mrs Wilson justice, her nocturnal harangues upon such occasions not unfrequently terminated with this sage apophthegm, which always prefaced the producing of some provision a little better than ordinary, such as she now placed before him.   [Please select]

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The apophthegm of Pericles, or rather of Thucydides, "that woman is best who is least spoken of among men, either for good or evil," is not so rigidly enforced.   [Please select]

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