Zora Neale Hurston's novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God, contains a plethora of aphorisms such as "Unless you see de fur, a mink skin ain’t no different from a coon hide" (pg 7), referring to the need for more complete understanding before judging a situation.
Fortune cookies hopefully contain aphorisms, though sometimes the fortunes are unhelpful or confusing.
"Aphorism." Merriam-Webster. Merriam-Webster, n.d. Web. 06 Jan. 2015.
Hurston, Zora Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel. New York: Perennial Library, 1990. Print.
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