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Aphorisms “serve as a probe or compass to explore the threads of life and poetry.” @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/the-striking...
The Striking Similarities Between Aphorisms and Poetry
Aphorisms and poems have a lot in common. Both are brief, both use vivid imagery, and both have a twist, some quick textual or psychological flip, a sudden sting in the tail that gives readers a jo…
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November 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Aphorisms “serve as a probe or compass to explore the threads of life and poetry.” @literaryhub.bsky.social lithub.com/the-striking...
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On 'TRE in the Afternoon' with Hannah Murray - @gearyjames.bsky.social with 'The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism', Caroline Young on 'Vivienne Westwood: Provocateur', and Charlie Brougham reviews the weekend's sport.
November 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
On 'TRE in the Afternoon' with Hannah Murray - @gearyjames.bsky.social with 'The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism', Caroline Young on 'Vivienne Westwood: Provocateur', and Charlie Brougham reviews the weekend's sport.
"An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought." See how true Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach's aphorism is in The World in A Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism — out now! #aphorism @uchicagopress
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The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism, Second Edition
A Brief History of the Aphorism, Second Edition
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November 9, 2025 at 10:06 PM
"An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought." See how true Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach's aphorism is in The World in A Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism — out now! #aphorism @uchicagopress
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Adlai Stevenson was another politician with an aphoristic sense of humor, which he used on the campaign trail... "The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning." #aphorism www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/n...
Live From New York: Zohran Mamdani’s Got Jokes
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November 9, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Adlai Stevenson was another politician with an aphoristic sense of humor, which he used on the campaign trail... "The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning." #aphorism www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/n...
Reflecting on the demise of The Farmers’ Almanac and the origins of the American aphorism tradition, beginning in 1732 with the premier edition of Ben Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack: "It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright." #aphorism www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
The Farmers’ Almanac Succumbs to the Digital Age
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November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Reflecting on the demise of The Farmers’ Almanac and the origins of the American aphorism tradition, beginning in 1732 with the premier edition of Ben Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack: "It is hard for an empty sack to stand upright." #aphorism www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...
“The aphorism,” Geary writes, “is, in some ways, perfectly suited to the digital age: The oldest form of literature finds its ideal vehicle in the most modern short modes of communication.” Thanks for reading and writing @mashedradish.bsky.social #aphorism mashedradish.com/2025/11/07/a...
“Literature’s hand luggage”: wit and wisdom in James Geary’s “The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism”
A definitive—and delightful—handbook to the hard-to-define aphorism.
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November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“The aphorism,” Geary writes, “is, in some ways, perfectly suited to the digital age: The oldest form of literature finds its ideal vehicle in the most modern short modes of communication.” Thanks for reading and writing @mashedradish.bsky.social #aphorism mashedradish.com/2025/11/07/a...
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I reviewed James Geary's new second edition of his delightful handbook to the aphorism, The World in a Phrase, which sparkles with the wit and wisdom of those he quotes: mashedradish.com/2025/11/07/a...
“Literature’s hand luggage”: wit and wisdom in James Geary’s “The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism”
A definitive—and delightful—handbook to the hard-to-define aphorism.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I reviewed James Geary's new second edition of his delightful handbook to the aphorism, The World in a Phrase, which sparkles with the wit and wisdom of those he quotes: mashedradish.com/2025/11/07/a...
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/11/06/w... Election Day isn’t over yet…. Vote for your fav aphorism now @cambridgeday.com @harvardbookstore.bsky.social #aphorism
What's your favorite Cantabrigian aphorism? - Cambridge Day
Aphorisms are concise and cunning turns of phrase. Vote on your favorite Cantabrigian aphorism.
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November 7, 2025 at 12:55 PM
www.cambridgeday.com/2025/11/06/w... Election Day isn’t over yet…. Vote for your fav aphorism now @cambridgeday.com @harvardbookstore.bsky.social #aphorism
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November 6, 2025 at 1:41 PM
My talk at Harvard's Memorial Church (starting at 7:19 and ending at 14:03) on how play makes something out of nothing, inspired by Giacomo Leopardi's #aphorism: "Children find everything in nothing, adults find nothing in everything.
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James Geary - Nov. 3, 2025 | Morning Prayers
Morning Prayers service with speaker James Geary, Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, Harvard Kennedy School, Nov. 3, 2025. Transcript: https://memorialchurch.harvard.edu/sites/g/files/omnuum7126/files
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November 4, 2025 at 5:49 PM
My talk at Harvard's Memorial Church (starting at 7:19 and ending at 14:03) on how play makes something out of nothing, inspired by Giacomo Leopardi's #aphorism: "Children find everything in nothing, adults find nothing in everything.
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Richard Kostelanetz’s aphorisms of “radical constraint”…
Four-words:
If uninvited, arrive late.
Anyone understood becomes predictable.
Three-words:
Eschew questionable explanations.
Be seriously funny.
Two-words:
never generalize
sentences end
#aphorisms jamesgeary.com/richard-kost...
Four-words:
If uninvited, arrive late.
Anyone understood becomes predictable.
Three-words:
Eschew questionable explanations.
Be seriously funny.
Two-words:
never generalize
sentences end
#aphorisms jamesgeary.com/richard-kost...
Richard Kostelanetz’s aphorisms of “radical constraint” – James Geary
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October 28, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Richard Kostelanetz’s aphorisms of “radical constraint”…
Four-words:
If uninvited, arrive late.
Anyone understood becomes predictable.
Three-words:
Eschew questionable explanations.
Be seriously funny.
Two-words:
never generalize
sentences end
#aphorisms jamesgeary.com/richard-kost...
Four-words:
If uninvited, arrive late.
Anyone understood becomes predictable.
Three-words:
Eschew questionable explanations.
Be seriously funny.
Two-words:
never generalize
sentences end
#aphorisms jamesgeary.com/richard-kost...
"An accessible and funny guide to millennia of aphorisms" @karlwhitney.ie on The World in A Phrase in @irishexaminer.bsky.social 🙏4📖ing! www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... #aphorisms
Karl Whitney: Is it better to let ideas fumble on the long route or set them in stone?
Etching into stone implies permanence, and that requires an eye on the eternal. When a sentence is for life, it’s best to keep it short, writes Karl Whitney
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October 27, 2025 at 12:35 PM
"An accessible and funny guide to millennia of aphorisms" @karlwhitney.ie on The World in A Phrase in @irishexaminer.bsky.social 🙏4📖ing! www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... #aphorisms
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Is it better to be messy and alive or concise and dead? www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
Karl Whitney: Is it better to let ideas fumble on the long route or set them in stone?
Etching into stone implies permanence, and that requires an eye on the eternal. When a sentence is for life, it’s best to keep it short, writes Karl Whitney
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October 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Is it better to be messy and alive or concise and dead? www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
October 21, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Put the best shit at the end, the second-best shit at the beginning, and all the other shit in between. —John Bennet jamesgeary.com/aphorisms-on...
Aphorisms on journalism by John Bennet – James Geary
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October 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Put the best shit at the end, the second-best shit at the beginning, and all the other shit in between. —John Bennet jamesgeary.com/aphorisms-on...
Be seriously funny. —Richard Kostelanetz’s aphorisms of “radical constraint”
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Richard Kostelanetz’s aphorisms of “radical constraint” – James Geary
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October 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Be seriously funny. —Richard Kostelanetz’s aphorisms of “radical constraint”
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