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'''Robert Eddison''' (born 8 May 1933) is a British aphorist and former journalist. He started writing aphorisms in 1997 and has published a selection of them in four books.
 
He was educated at [[Wellington College, Berkshire|Wellington College]] in Berkshire, England. He graduated from [[Trinity College, Cambridge]] in 1958 with a degree in Modern and Medieval Languages and Law.
 
A selection of his aphorisms has appeared in The Fountain, the alumni magazine of [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]. The following aphorisms were published in Autumn 2011 in Issue 13 of the magazine: (Page 5) Some knighthoods are not worth the cheques they are written on; (Page 7) The dove of peace is often devoured by the dogs of war;
(Page 9) Skeletons in the cupboard only cause problems when rattled;
(Page 11) Traditionalists forget that they owe their traditions to their iconoclastic ancestors; (Page 13) No martyr likes to be crossed; (Page 15) Crashing bores should talk less and crash more.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-09-01 |title=The Fountain - Issue 13 by Trinity College Cambridge - Issuu |url=https://issuu.com/trinityalumni/docs/the_fountain_issue_13 |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=issuu.com |language=en}}</ref>
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