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epigram Noun

— An epigram is a short (often two-line) poem which makes a point. Little strokes Fell great oaks (Benjamin Franklin)

— An epigram is a short, witty saying. The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what 'fiction' means. (Oscar Wilde in The Importance of Being Ernest)

epigram

— noun a witty saying

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proverb

aphorism

adage

epigramme

dictum

witticism

quip

phrase

motto

maxim

wisecrack

well-worded saying

well-known saying

squib

small weapon

short blade

sentence

saying

precept

pithy saying

letter

label

idiom

gnome

formula

expression

epigraph

celebrated remark

bon mot

axiom

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