All 6 Uses of
aphorism
in
Tuesdays with Morrie
- After a while, he had more than fifty of these "aphorisms," which he shared with his friends.†
Chpt 4aphorisms = short sayings intended to impart wisdom
- He mentioned a dear friend Morrie had, Maurie Stein, who had first sent Morrie's aphorisms to the Boston Globe.†
Chpt 11
- "I sum it up in my newest aphorism," he said.†
Chpt 19aphorism = short saying intended to impart wisdom
- I hated the idea of Morrie's lying in bed under any circumstances (his last aphorism, "When you're in bed, you're dead," rang in my ears), and curled on his side, he was so small, so withered, it was more a boy's body than a man's.†
Chpt 21
- He shared his latest aphorism: "Don't let go too soon, but don't hang on too long."
Chpt 22 *aphorism = short, wise saying
- I had seen him like this only one other time—when he was getting massaged—and the echo of his aphorism "When you're in bed, you're dead" began anew inside my head.†
Chpt 25aphorism = short saying intended to impart wisdom
Definition:
a short saying intended to impart wisdom