Both Uses of
aphorism
in
John Adams, by McCullough
- The letters sparkled with aphorisms—on the virtue of America standing free from binding involvement with other nations: "We stand well, let us stand still"; on the perils of majority rule: "Absolute power in a majority is as drunk as it is in one"; on lawyers: "No civilized society can do without lawyers."†
Subsection 3.11.3aphorisms = short sayings intended to impart wisdom
- Keep up the circulation of his blood for years to come, and excite aphorism and anecdotes and dreams for the instruction and amusements by the action of his brain upon his mind.†
Subsection 3.11.4 *aphorism = short saying intended to impart wisdom
Definition:
a short saying intended to impart wisdom