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Example sentences for: aphorism

How can you use “aphorism” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Many years ago, the editor of this magazine, who was then the editor of the New Republic , coined an aphorism for political influence peddlers who defended their shady methods on the grounds that they didn't violate the law.
They follow their namesake's aphorism that revolutions are like birth: The forceps shouldn't be applied too early.
[Army aphorism.
He backs it up with an aphorism from Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, pioneer of teratology, who proclaimed: “There are no monsters and Nature is one.”
He also included an aphorism of his own: "If something cannot go on forever, it will stop."