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Example sentences for: epigrams

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As Roger Wescott has shown (in a 1980 article), epigrams also evolved from proverbs and adages.
The difference is that these earlier forms were inclined to take themselves seriously, while epigrams or aphorisms are more frequently reflexive and satirical.
Even though some epigrams are rhymed, they are not to be confused with poetry, or even blank verse.
In my own case, writing epigrams may be a congenital defect, since it was my father's preferred style in several of his books.
Michel P. Richard's article, “A Taxonomy of Epigrams’ [XV,2], strummed a responsive chord.