epigram in A Sentence

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    Armstrong prepared his famous Epigram on his own.

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    Sir John Harrington is also remembered for his political Epigram:“Treason doth never prosper: what's the reason?

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    Instead of single Epigram for this weekend, here are a selection of maxims from the French atheist, philosopher, and poet Sylvain Maréchal(1750-1803) and a short poem from Victor Hugo(1802-1885).

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    This underused Epigram(at least in this author's opinion) comes from a 1779 letter he sent to Madame Brillon(long thought to be one of Franklin's infamous French mistresses).

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    As one can see, Ben Franklin was more of a curator of Epigrams, proverbs, and sayings rather than the author, despite that he tends to be given full credit today.

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