Aphorisms for the Uncommon Reader

<p>A gift book organized into two parts:</p><p><em>Part I: </em> 3300-word introduction that includes: </p><ul> <li>detailed examination of this most concise form of the literary arts.</li> <li>differentiation of aphorisms from adages epigrams maxims platitudes and other types of quotable assertions.</li> <li>profiles of the most prolific modern aphorists (e.g. Ambrose Bierce Antonio Porchia Eric Hoffer Stanislaw Lec James Richardson James Guida Nassim Nicholas Taleband others). </li></ul><p><em>Part II: </em>400 original aphorisms with twenty-five B/W original illustrations.</p>