Words similar to aphorism

Example sentences for: aphorism

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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.”
They follow their namesake's aphorism that revolutions are like birth: The forceps shouldn't be applied too early.
He also included an aphorism of his own: "If something cannot go on forever, it will stop."
And that is exactly how he has been perceived--as the cool, cruel master of aphorism.
So, runs one folk aphorism, Something mus' [be] wrong with marriage if [a] priest ha[ve] to bless it!