| The lump of earth, being taken somewhat by surprise, was not prepared with an apophthegm, and said nothing. |
| This isn't because of his economics, nor his view of religion, but because he has completely internalised Marx's apophthegm that freedom is the recognition of necessity. |
| She rejoined with the apophthegm that made the rounds of Riseholme next day. |
| This somewhat nebulous claim has been the favorite apophthegm of natural law theorists. |
| I should prefer to reverse the apophthegm, and to say that in life I see the promise and potency of all forms of matter. |
| The point of the apophthegm is that after drinking wine he deprived himself of water until he got ill, a point lost by the translation here. |
