Not to be confused with Franklin County, Tennessee. Franklin is a city in and county seat of Williamson County, Tennessee, United States. Located about 21 miles south of Nashville, it is one of the principal cities of the Nashville metropolitan area. Since 1980 its population has increased more than fivefold and, based on its 2013 estimated population of 68,886, it is ranked as the seventh-largest city in Tennessee.
Purport(noun) design or tendency; meaning; import; tenor. Purport(noun) disguise; covering. Purport(noun) to intend to show; to intend; to mean; to signify; to import; -- often with an object clause or infinitive.
Definition of Aphorism. An aphorism is a short saying that expresses a truth in a memorable way. Aphorisms can sometimes be humorous, but are not necessarily so. They often have some parallelism or juxtaposition to make the point, such as in the example of Lord Actonâs famous quote âPower tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.â. Hippocrates, the ancient Greek physician, coined the term aphorism.