A modern epigram is a concise, often witty short statement that has a twist.  It has a range of possibilities that the aphorism’s established truth often lacks.  Epigrams can go where the writer wants without worrying about being set in stone, or hardened by an anticipated veracity.  You want epigrams to be true certainly, but the expectation is that they need not be for all time, and that sheer play can often be their objective. Epigrams can be stabs at thought, sudden insights, or summations of a life…