Sentence example with the word 'apothegm'

apothegm

adage, bright idea, conceit, expression, happy thought, persiflage, proverb, riposte, sententious expression, sutra, wisdom literature

Definition n. a short pithy instructive saying

Last update: September 14, 2015


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Madame GrĂ©ville's final apothegm had suggested one of them.   [Please select]

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The girl died without profiting by this official apothegm.   [Please select]

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IF YOU WOULD FORGIVE YOUR ENEMY, says the Malay proverb, FIRST INFLICT A HURT ON HIM; and Lily was experiencing the truth of the apothegm.   [Please select]

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"Let no one deem himself happy before his end," were the words of Solon; and here was a new and brilliant proof of the wisdom of the old apothegm.   [Please select]

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