Aphorisms Galore!

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

Adolf Hitler

Austrian-born German dictator, "der Führer," 1933--45; b. 1889; d. 1945

Edouard Herriot

French prime minister 1924--25 and 1932; b. 1872; d. 1957

Otto von Bismarck

known as the "Iron Chancellor;" the German Empire's first chancellor 1871--90; b. 1815; d. 1898

Oscar Ameringer

German-born American author and political activist; b. 1870; d. 1943

Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Russian novelist; b. 1821; d. 1881

Al Capone

American gangster; b. 1899; d. 1947

Socrates

Greek philosopher; b. 470 BCE; d. 399 BCE

Ann Landers

real name Esther Pauline Friedman; American advice columnist; b. 1918

René Descartes

a.k.a. Renatius Cartesius; French philosopher and mathematician; b. 1596; d. 1650

Daniel Defoe

English novelist and journalist; b. 1660; d. 1731

Margaret Lee Runbeck

American author; b. 1905; d. 1956