<p>A gift book organized into two parts:</p><p><em>Part I:&nbsp;</em>&nbsp;3300-word introduction that includes:&nbsp;</p>
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<li>detailed examination of this most concise form of the literary arts.</li>
<li>differentiation of aphorisms from adages, epigrams, maxims, platitudes, and other types of quotable assertions.</li>
<li>profiles of the most prolific modern aphorists (e.g., Ambrose Bierce, Antonio Porchia, Eric Hoffer, Stanislaw Lec, James Richardson, James Guida,&nbsp;Nassim Nicholas Taleb,and others).&nbsp;</li>
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<p><em>Part II:&nbsp;</em>400 original aphorisms, with twenty-five B/W original illustrations.</p>