Epigram : Figure of Speech
Epigram : Figure of Speech :
The language of epigram must be marked by brevity and wit.
We all have sufficient strength to endure the misfortunes of others.
(La Rochefoucauld)
Hypocrisy is the homage vice pays to virtue.
(La Rochefoucauld)
Experience keeps a dear school.
But fools will learn in no other.
(Benjamin Franklin)
Treason doth never prosper.
What’s the reason?
Why, if it prospers, none dare call it treason.
(Harrington)
True wit is nature to advantage dressed,
What oft was thought, but ne'er so well expressed.
(Pope)
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