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Six example sentences with apothegm, each labelled with its topic.
Every chapter opens with an apothegm barely six words long, and the argument that follows unpacks it for pages.
Philosophy
The founder repeated one apothegm at every meeting, that a company should hire slowly and fire quickly, until everyone recited it.
Business
The chef taught by apothegm rather than recipe, repeating that salt early and taste often beat any written instruction.
Cooking
The novelist opens each chapter with an apothegm, a single line that the next thirty pages quietly test.
Literature
The coach's favorite apothegm, that the ball moves faster than any player, hung above the locker room door.
Basketball
The old investor's apothegm, buy when others are fearful, gets quoted every time the market drops sharply.
Finance
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