Associations to the word «Aphorism»

Wiktionary

APHORISM, noun. An original laconic phrase conveying some principle or concept of thought.

Dictionary definition

APHORISM, noun. A short pithy instructive saying.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky