| Whereas quotations with an apothegmatic feel are normally ascribed to Shaw, those with a more grandiose or belligerent tone are almost automatically credited to Churchill. |
| They are terse, allusive, disconnected, apothegmatic and hard to follow. |
| A sequence of beautiful frames will not make up a good movie and neither will a selection of apothegmatic lines picked up from a philosophy manual. |
| There are terse and objective descriptions of observed phenomena, apothegmatic passages, riddles and allegories, as well as fanciful narratives. |
| The first half, therefore, is static, full of apothegmatic insights and reflections about human nature. |
