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Example sentences for: epigrams

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Although my classification system does not apply to all the epigrams I have seen or published, it does seem to include most of them.
In my own case, writing epigrams may be a congenital defect, since it was my father's preferred style in several of his books.
The difference is that these earlier forms were inclined to take themselves seriously, while epigrams or aphorisms are more frequently reflexive and satirical.
Substitution of sounds, syntax, or meaning also occurs in many epigrams.
O scar Wilde's comedies are doubtless long-winded, but their wind blows in from a high peak: The characters' formulations are bracing, and their epigrams have a sting.