As is known, for some authors the short form of thought was part of culture, for others it was a formula that most accurately expresses the attitude towards a particular life phenomenon. The authors of this collection are interested in a person - a man, with all his passions and everyday worries. Each saying is permeated with a unique worldview and the desire for higher wisdom. The book gives the reader the opportunity to draw his own conclusions about the development of aphoristic thought, moving freely and with pleasure from saying to saying through entire eras, countries and continents.