Premise: There follows a desexing section on maxims (for  He who laughs last laughs best  read  The last laugh is the best : not only does it not say the same thing but the second is totally lacking in the rhetorical devices packed into the first), and a two-page bibliography, reference notes to chapters, and an index.

Hypothesis: The desexed maxim portion and the sections that follow are preceded by numerous sections regarding aphorisms and maxims.
Relation: contradiction