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==Origin==

==Origin==

Middle French ''aphorisme'', from Late Latin ''aphorismus'', from [[Greek]] ''aphorismos'' definition, aphorism, from ''aphorizein'' to define, from ''apo''- + ''horizein'' to bound - see horizon

Middle French ''aphorisme'', from Late Latin ''aphorismus'', from [[Greek]] ''aphorismos'' definition, aphorism, from ''aphorizein'' to define, from ''apo''- + ''horizein'' to bound - see horizon

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_ century 1528]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/16th_ century 1528]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1:  a concise statement of a [[principle]]

*1:  a concise statement of a [[principle]]

Two influential collections of aphorisms published in the twentieth century were ''The Uncombed Thoughts'' by Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (in Polish), and ''Itch of Wisdom'' by Mikhail Turovsky (in Russian and English).

Two influential collections of aphorisms published in the twentieth century were ''The Uncombed Thoughts'' by Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (in Polish), and ''Itch of Wisdom'' by Mikhail Turovsky (in Russian and English).

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]

[[Category: Languages and Literature]]