The aphorism is, how to say it?, the champagne of melancholia; each short statement encapsulates years of disillusionment distilled in a moment of intoxication.
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Aphorism
/ˈæf.ə.ɹɪ.zəm/
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As the promoters expected the overall size of the rail market to expand, it demonstrated the aphorism that 'a rising tide lifts all the boats' associated with the belief that improved services benefit all the participants.
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But after each of us had inscribed his share (once I robbed my Aegidius for the purpose), our literary union was over; each of us tore his contribution out of the book and “aphorismed” on his own from then on.
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He was thoughtful: “Preferences define superiority,” he aphorismed. “As long as preferences are not made godly edicts."
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