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

Oscar Wilde

Irish poet, novelist and playwright; b. 1854; d. 1900

Katharine Hepburn

American actress; b. 1907

Søren Kierkegaard

Danish philosopher and theologian; b. 1813; d. 1855

Roger Ebert

movie critic for the Chicago Sun-Times

Havelock Ellis

English physician and author; b. 1859; d. 1939

Anaïs Nin

French author; b. 1903; d. 1977

Benito Mussolini

Italian dictator, "il Duce," 1922--45; b. 1883; d. 1945

Joan Crawford

American movie actress; b. 1904; d. 1977

Jorge Luis Borges

Argentine author; b. 1899; d. 1986