Aphorists

An aphorist is, of course, someone who coins aphorisms. Aphorisms Galore! has hundreds of aphorists in its collection. Some are historical, some contemporary; some are famous, some obscure. Some of them are Aphorisms Galore! users, some are not.

Aphorists

81–100 (781)

b. 1876; d. 1933

Polish-born American linguist; b. 1879; d. 1950

Titus Maccius Plautus

Roman playwright; b. 250 BCE; d. 184 BCE

Alfred Tennyson

English poet; b. 1809; d. 1892

Mary Baker Eddy

founder of Christian Science; b. 1821; d. 1910

Woody Allen

American screenplay writer, actor and director; b. 1935

Rev. J. D. O'Neal

Mark Twain

real name Samuel L. Clemens; American author; b. 1835; d. 1910

Arthur Miller

American playwright; b. 1915

Tom Lehrer

American musical satirist and mathematics professor; b. 1928

Jack Handey

Edith Hamilton

American author; b. 1867; d. 1963

Winston Groom

Albert Camus

French/Algerian novelist and journalist; b. 1913; d. 1960

Paul Valéry

French poet and literature critic; b. 1871; d. 1945

George Orwell

real name Eric Arthur Blair; English (born in India) novelist and war correspondent; b. 1903; d. 1950

Friedrich Nietzsche

German philosopher; b. 1844; d. 1900

Howard Koch

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