Review: Many topics for different readers
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 05 28, 2014
An important thing for people to know when they pick up Epigrams by Larry W. Phillips is what an epigram is.  Webster’s dictionary defines an epigram as “short and clever poem or saying”.  An epigram is satirical in nature and deals with a single thought or event.  One of the most famous epigrams is by Benjamin Franklin “Remember that time is money.”Phillips book Epigrams is filled with his own personal epigrams which he categorizes by topic with the idea that the reader enjoy them in whatever order they choose.  Phillips epigrams are on subjects that include Friends & Friendship, Illogic and Inconsistency, Conversation, Criticism, Evil, Character and Integrity, Love, and many more.  All of the categories consist of many different thoughts for you as the reader to ponder.  The section on character and integrity has an epigram that I was particularly fond of: “There is such a thing as being so dedicated to fairness, as an elemental law, so rigidly a part of your being, that when you encounter someone who doesn’t give it that much stock you are unfair to them.”  The best thing about this book is that there is such a wide variety of topics that many readers can find something that speaks to them.  Worth the read.