Converse of object

• coin: For Lassalle, who coined the aphorism on science and the proletariat, science, like the state, stands above the class struggle.

• translate: After every translated aphorism, I briefly comment on the association it invoked in me.

• begin: He often begins an aphorism with a quoted passage.

• use: It literally revolves around and around, using aphorisms about war and cons as axes upon which the movie almost physically rotates.

• become: Soon afterward, their empire disintegrates, and over the passage of time Outer Mongolia becomes an aphorism for obscurity.

• prove: It proves the old aphorism that if something looks too good to be true then it probably is.

Adjective modifier

• pithy: His words have achieved the status of, at the very least, pithy aphorisms if not proverbs.

• famous: The force of this criterion is best expressed in Bishop Butler's famous aphorism, " Probability is the very guide of life.

• old: The old aphorism ' travel broadens the mind ' has been wholly forgotten.

• witty: Firstly, the entries are more like short to medium-sized essays, rather than witty aphorisms.

• marvelous: The Harpo Marx comment near the beginning comes from ' Marvelous Aphorisms ' and sums up the serious and ridiculous nature of the performance.

Noun used with modifier

• choice: The second part is the ' Choice Aphorisms ' from the Seven Segments of Jerome Cardan.