EPIGRAM

Related Subjects: Cleverness, Humor, Joke, Pun, Wit

1. What is an Epigram? A dwarfish whole,
   Its body brevity, and wit its soul.—COLERIDGE, An Epigram
   

2. In general I don't see how an epigram, being a pure bolt from the blue, with no introduction or cue, gets itself writ.—WILLIAM JAMES, Letters
   

3. The sharp, the rapier-pointed epigram.—KEATS, Letters
   

4. An epigram is a gag that's played Carnegie Hall.—OSCAR LEVANT
   

5. No epigram contains the whole truth.—C. W. THOMPSON, Presidents I've Known
   

6. Somewhere in the world there is an epigram for every dilemma.—H. W. VAN LOON, Tolerance
   

7. An epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.—E. C. WHIPPLE