Famous quotes containing the word aphorisms:
“Whoever writes in blood and aphorisms wants not to be learned but to be learned by heart.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs. Aphorisms should be peaks: and those to whom they are addressed, great and lofty.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)