apothegm

apothegm englannista suomeksi

1. mietelause

0. Substantiivi

1. sanonta, aforismi

apothegm englanniksi

1. A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim. (defdate)

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2. {{quote-book|en|year=1665|author=Richard Head|title=The English Rogue: Deſcribed, in the Life of Merington Latroon, A Witty Extravagant, Being a Compleat Hiſtory of the Moſt Eminent Cheats of Both Sexes|publisher=Henry Marsh|pageurl=http://books.google.com/books?id=Yv4BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA355&dq=apothegm|page=355

3. (quote-book)|year=1866|page=273–274|pageurl=https://books.google.com/books?id=F0oBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA274|oclc=79769754|passage=The account which he &91;Ferguson (Scottish astronomer)|James Ferguson&93; himself gives of these observations is exceedingly interesting, and strikingly brings out the ingenuity of his mind, and his determination to allow no difficulties of circumstances to stand in his way. ... Thus we are reminded of the apothegm that where there's a will there's a way—an apothegm which has found illustration in every department of effort, but nowhere more frequently than in the progress of science and art.

4. {{quote-text|en|year=1920|author=E. F. Benson|title=Queen Lucia|publisher=George H. Doran Company|section=Lucia.djvu/14|pages 10-Lucia.djvu/15|11

5. {{quote-book|en|year=1954|author=C. S. Lewis|title=The Horse and His Boy|publisher=Collins|year_published=1998|chapter=8

6. {{quote-book|en|year=2008|author=Duncan (writer)|Dave Duncan|title=The Alchemist’s Apprentice|page=114|publisher=Ace Books|isbn=978-0-441-01575-7