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aphorismShort, sharp, witty saying, usually making a general observation. ‘Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes’ is one of many aphorisms by Irish playwright Oscar Wilde. The term derives from the Aphorisms ascribed to Greek writer Hippocrates. An aphorism which has become universally accepted is a proverb. |
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| He is polite and charming about his teachers, an agreeable trait from my point of view; he is consistent over the time-span of these pieces, remarkable given that much is aphoristic in the tradition of inconsistent architectural chat; and, after nearly 40 years he still wants to be a roadie for the Stones. For this reason, memory is not merely an embellishment of or addendum to the aphoristic Jesus material, but built into the compositional status and modus operandi of that tradition. The first section consists of ten aphoristic couplets ("When we sacrifice lives, including our children's/evil becomes as common as breathing"). |
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