epigram
a short, clever, or wise saying
TRANSLATION
das Sinngedicht
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
"The way to get rid of temptation is to give in to it."
"Always forgive your enemies;
nothing annoys them so much."
"It is a much cleverer thing to talk nonsense
than to listen to it."
"All women become like their mothers.
That is their tragedy.
No man does. That's his."
"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."
(From: The Epigrams of Oscar Wilde)
"Always forgive your enemies;
nothing annoys them so much."
"It is a much cleverer thing to talk nonsense
than to listen to it."
"All women become like their mothers.
That is their tragedy.
No man does. That's his."
"To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance."
(From: The Epigrams of Oscar Wilde)
Did you
know?
Did you know?
"Epigram" comes from the Greek word "epigraphein," meaning "to write on,
inscribe." "Epi" means "on" or "upon" and "graphein" means "to write." Originally, epigrams were originally verse inscriptions that appeared on buildings, statues, or tombstones. By about the 1st century BC, the term had taken on its current meaning of a concise poem.
Epigrams often deal with a single idea and end with a clever twist.
A person who creates or uses epigrams is an epigramist -- Mae West was a great one:
"It's not the men in my life that's important, it's the life in my men."
Note:
Careful with these similar forms:
An epitaph is an inscription on a tombstone, i.e. "He lived, he loved, he died".
An epithet is a term used to characterize a person, i.e. Lady Diana as "the People's Princess".
"Epigram" comes from the Greek word "epigraphein," meaning "to write on,
inscribe." "Epi" means "on" or "upon" and "graphein" means "to write." Originally, epigrams were originally verse inscriptions that appeared on buildings, statues, or tombstones. By about the 1st century BC, the term had taken on its current meaning of a concise poem.
Epigrams often deal with a single idea and end with a clever twist.
A person who creates or uses epigrams is an epigramist -- Mae West was a great one:
"It's not the men in my life that's important, it's the life in my men."
Note:
Careful with these similar forms:
An epitaph is an inscription on a tombstone, i.e. "He lived, he loved, he died".
An epithet is a term used to characterize a person, i.e. Lady Diana as "the People's Princess".
