No Christian and, indeed, no historian could accept the epigram which defines religion as `what a man does with his solitude.`
- C.S. LewisWhat is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul.
- Samuel Taylor ColeridgeAudiences are always better pleased with a smart retort, some joke or epigram, than with any amount of reasoning.
- Charlotte Perkins GilmanAn epigram often flashes light into regions where reason shines but dimly.
- Abbott Nathan ZodrowSomewhere in the world there is an epigram for every dilemma.
- Hendrik Willem Van LoonA ten-word epigram to be accurate needs a ten-page footnote, yet what it lacks in accuracy it makes up in nimbleness
- John Andrew HolmesAn epigram is but a feeble thing - With straw in tail, stuck there by way of sting
- William Cowper