Associations to the word «Apothegm»

Wiktionary

APOTHEGM, noun. A short, witty, instructive saying; an aphorism or maxim.

Dictionary definition

APOTHEGM, noun. A short pithy instructive saying.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky