A transposable aphorism is a malaise of the urge to be witty, or in ot…

Umberto Eco
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A transposable aphorism is a malaise of the urge to be witty, or in other words, a maxim that is untroubled by the fact that the opposite of what it says is equally true so long as it appears to be funny. ✨ Umberto Eco (2005). On Literature, p.81, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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A transposable aphorism is a malaise of the urge to be witty, or in other words, a maxim that is untroubled by the fact that the opposite of what it says is equally true so long as it appears to be funny. ✨ Umberto Eco (2005). On Literature, p.81, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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