Many a true word is spoken in jest is an adage, aphorism or proverb. His phrase would become a famous aphorism on the way Brazilians face politics. The motto is derived from the Ancient Greek aphorism "Know thyself". Hegel's famous aphorism, "Philosophy is the history of philosophy," describes it bluntly. The revised title is an allusion to the "eye of a needle" aphorism. The film is divided into 13 vignettes, each prefaced by an aphorism. In 2013, the philosopher of science Peter Truran published an essay related to the aphorism. The aphorism "what gets measured gets done", is aligned with the MBO philosophy. The Babylonian Talmud applies the aphorism to unthinkable thoughts. Here Sutra refers to a collection of aphorism in the form of a manual. This makes a great difference in the meaning of his aphorism. Ars longa, vita brevis is a Latin translation of an aphorism coming originally from Greek. The statistician J. Michael Steele has commented on the aphorism as follows. Chicago saloon owner Michael Cassius McDonald as the originator of the aphorism. This is illustrated by the frequency with which the army-navy aphorism is cited.