3 17 15 Aphorism Dominic Brendle
APHORISM
An aphorism is a succinct statement expressing an opinion, perception, or general truth.
Choose five aphorisms that you especially like from the following list. With a partner, paraphrase the quotes you have chosen.
“What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what sort of person you are.”
— C. S. Lewis
People choose to see and hear things differently and the changing factor is their viewpoint on that subject. it also depends on what your profession is.
“The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”
— Marcel Proust\
“You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.” — Tom Wilson
Everyone has a thorn, but it can also be a rose.
“All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.”
— Richard Avedon
Just because it is in picture doesn’t mean that is the truth.
“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.” — Aldous Huxley
The things we have seen is the known and the things we don't know, the between is how we imagine it and get an idea of it.
“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”
— Henri Bergson
We see what we want to see, which our minds tell us, also making us comprehend it in a different way.
“Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.”
— George Bernard Shaw
“Whilst part of what we perceive comes through our senses from the object before us, another part (and it may be the larger part) always comes out of our own mind.”
— William James
“Language forces us to perceive the world as men present it to us.”
— Julia Penelope
“If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.”
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
You and your partner are to choose one quote each and write a response about the truth it conveys (50 words). Then create an original aphorism of your own expressing your
An aphorism is a succinct statement expressing an opinion, perception, or general truth.
Choose five aphorisms that you especially like from the following list. With a partner, paraphrase the quotes you have chosen.
“What you see and hear depends a good deal on where you are standing; it also depends on what sort of person you are.”
— C. S. Lewis
People choose to see and hear things differently and the changing factor is their viewpoint on that subject. it also depends on what your profession is.
“The voyage of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”
— Marcel Proust\
“You can complain because roses have thorns, or you can rejoice because thorns have roses.” — Tom Wilson
Everyone has a thorn, but it can also be a rose.
“All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.”
— Richard Avedon
Just because it is in picture doesn’t mean that is the truth.
“There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.” — Aldous Huxley
The things we have seen is the known and the things we don't know, the between is how we imagine it and get an idea of it.
“The eye sees only what the mind is prepared to comprehend.”
— Henri Bergson
We see what we want to see, which our minds tell us, also making us comprehend it in a different way.
“Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.”
— George Bernard Shaw
“Whilst part of what we perceive comes through our senses from the object before us, another part (and it may be the larger part) always comes out of our own mind.”
— William James
“Language forces us to perceive the world as men present it to us.”
— Julia Penelope
“If we spoke a different language, we would perceive a somewhat different world.”
— Ludwig Wittgenstein
You and your partner are to choose one quote each and write a response about the truth it conveys (50 words). Then create an original aphorism of your own expressing your