Some learned writers have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram, because as the sting of the Scorpion lyeth in the tayl, so the force and virtue of an epigram is in the conclusion.
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Epigram
/ˈɛpɪɡɹæm/
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Some learned writers have compared a Scorpion to an Epigram, because as the sting of the Scorpion lies in the tail, so the force and virtue of an epigram is in the conclusion.
Source: tatoeba (734414)
An epigram is a short, sharp saying in prose or verse, frequently characterized by acidity or acerbity and sometimes by wisdom.
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The second has written a sonnet upon the mutability of woman, And the third writes an epigram to Candidia.
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