# The Epigram Thread

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epigram-thread/142935>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 15, 2002, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epigram-thread/142935 "2002-12-15T20:46:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Blackeyes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f6c823/32.png) [@Blackeyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackeyes)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epigram-thread/142935/1 "2002-12-15T20:46:27Z")

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You love 'em. You wish you had 'em when the time needed it. Gems great for conversations. Send your own best witticisms.  
I’ll start:

Our relationship is purely Socratic.

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**Author:** ![erislover](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71e660/32.png) [@erislover](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/erislover)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epigram-thread/142935/2 "2002-12-15T22:09:42Z")

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To someone claiming a bad memory: I can’t remember the last time I forgot something.

In arguments: Yes, well, everyone _I_ know who is right always agrees with _me_.

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**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epigram-thread/142935/3 "2002-12-15T22:15:38Z")

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Each day with you is better than the next.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epigram-thread/142935/4 "2002-12-15T22:48:53Z")

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Don’t miss it if you can.

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**Author:** ![jazzmine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jazzmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jazzmine)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-epigram-thread/142935/5 "2002-12-15T23:06:10Z")

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All things are possible, though some things are difficult - like teaching turtles to fly.