'''Aphorismus''' (ex [[lingua Graeca|Graeco]] ἀφορισμός 'distinctio, definitio') est dictum scriptumve laconica et memoria facile custodita forma cogitatum.<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=aphorism Definition of ''aphorismi'] ex [[Online Etymology Dictionary]].</ref> Nomen, primum in ''[[Aphorismus (Hippocrates)|Aphorismo]]'' [[Hippocrates|Hippocratae]] adhibitum, ad alia sententiosa [[physica]] dicta tunc admotum est, et deinde ad omnia genera dictorum de principiis [[philosophia|philosophicalibus]], [[morum praecepta|morum praeceptis]], et [[litterate|litteratis]]. <!--
The ''Aphorisms'' of Hippocrates include such notable and often invoked phrases as:''"Life is short, [the] art long, opportunity fleeting, experience misleading, judgment difficult. The physician must not only be prepared to do what is right himself, but also to make the patient, the attendants, and externals cooperate."''
The aphoristic genre developed together with literacy, and after the invention of printing aphorisms were collected and published in book form. The first noted published collection of aphorisms is ''Adagia'' by [[Erasmus of Rotterdam]]. Other important early aphorists were [[Fran%C3%A7ois de La Rochefoucauld]] and [[Blaise Pascal]].
Two influential collections of aphorisms published in the 20th century were ''The Uncombed Thoughts'' by [[Stanislaw Jerzy Lec]] (in Polish), and ''Itch of Wisdom'' by [[Mikhail Turovsky]] (in Russian). -->
