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<aphorism> – an epigraph

Attributes:

xml:lang
human language (inherited)
id
unique name (identifier)
style/class
style properties and class (e.g. for CSS)

Possible Contents: (Text | inline element)*, caption?

Description: Embraces a little witty quote for the beginning of a chapter. The element must be immediately after the <heading>...</heading> of that chapter. <caption> contains the origin, typically the name of a more or less famous person. There must be up to one <caption> and it must come last within <aphorism>.

Example

     <aphorism>&ldquo;Forty-two,&rdquo; said Deep Thought with
       infinite majesty and calm.
       <caption>Douglas Adams,
         <em>The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</em></caption>
     </aphorism>

This yields: 

     “Forty-two,” said Deep Thought with infinite majesty and calm.
     —Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy