An aphorism is nothing else but the slightest
QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON SOPHISTICATION
I have always thought of sophistication as rather a feeble substitute for decadence.
Christopher Hampton (1946-, British playwright)
Hip is the sophistication of the wise primitive in a giant jungle.
Norman Mailer (1923-, American author)
Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed -- but never the husband).
James Thurber (1894-1961, American humorist, illustrator)
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