An aphorism is wisdom concentrated in one phrase. Not every bright personality is capable of aphoristic thinking, not every rise of human thought can be expressed in a few words. In this collection it is especially noticeable how little a person has changed. Love, family, children worried the philosophers of Ancient Greece, the poets of the Middle Ages and the thinkers of the New Age. The attitude towards wars, suffering and injustice is similar between the commanders of Ancient China and the thinkers of the 20th century. Aphorisms unite all of humanity. Entire countries and peoples have remained in the past, but what made people worry, think, and rejoice thousands of years ago has not lost its relevance today.