“An aphorism is the last link in a long chain of thought.”

—  Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

Ein Aphorismus ist der letzte Ring einer langen Gedankenkette.
Source: Aphorisms (1880/1893), p. 19.

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Ein Aphorismus ist der letzte Ring einer langen Gedankenkette

Aphorismen, Reclam Verlag, Stuttgart, 2002, S. 3
Aphorismen
Variant: Ein Aphorismus ist der letzte Ring einer langen Gedankenkette.

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