Epigram
An epigram is a brief, interesting, memorable, and sometimes surprising or satirical statement. Derived from the Greek: ἐπίγραμμα epigramma "inscription" from ἐπιγράφειν epigraphein "to write on – inscribe", this literary device has been employed for over two millennia.
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Famous quotes containing the word epigram:
“He would stab his best friend for the sake of writing an epigram on his tombstone.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“Most of those who make collections of verse or epigram are like men eating cherries or oysters: they choose out the best at first, and end by eating all.”
—Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (1741–1794)
“An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself.”
—Minna Antrim (b. 1861)