Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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tiny.ag/bn17or2l · ★★☆☆ Fair (268 ratings) · submitted 1997
I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.
tiny.ag/hwvmnmsf · ★★☆☆ Fair (257 ratings) · submitted 1997
I'd never join a club that would allow a person like me to become a member.
tiny.ag/poggndv0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (2925 ratings) · submitted 1997
Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
tiny.ag/gvohc8br · ★★☆☆ Fair (3332 ratings) · submitted 1997
In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments -- there are consequences.
tiny.ag/mtktl96r · ★★☆☆ Fair (305 ratings) · submitted 1997
Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down.
tiny.ag/4tfl7wlh · ★★☆☆ Fair (69 ratings) · submitted 1997
Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.
tiny.ag/o1xf5nap · ★★☆☆ Fair (164 ratings) · submitted 1997
If a feller says, "It's not the money, it's the principle of the thing," it's the money.
tiny.ag/lu0qepci · ★★☆☆ Fair (167 ratings) · submitted 1997
An enemy is anyone who tells the truth about you.
tiny.ag/y9w5ki2b · ★★☆☆ Fair (267 ratings) · submitted 1997
No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
tiny.ag/j6nzwwaa · ★★☆☆ Fair (223 ratings) · submitted 1997
There's a fine line between participation and mockery.
tiny.ag/r3gvjlqa · ★★☆☆ Fair (192 ratings) · submitted 1997
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
tiny.ag/q5s2gnzy · ★★☆☆ Fair (76 ratings) · submitted 1997
Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.
tiny.ag/hjysnvry · ★★☆☆ Fair (116 ratings) · submitted 1997
If it looks like shit, smells like shit, mail it to your enemy -- he'll know what to do with it.
tiny.ag/dochckvh · ★★☆☆ Fair (862 ratings) · submitted 1997
By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell -- and hell heaven. The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed.
Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/pmag8qvw · ★★☆☆ Fair (151 ratings) · submitted 1997
Buying a lie is one thing, giving it away for free is quite another.
tiny.ag/j0vq6ox3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (406 ratings) · submitted 1997
Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.
tiny.ag/bnnutdd7 · ★★☆☆ Fair (378 ratings) · submitted 1997
Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket.
tiny.ag/znd6chuu · ★★☆☆ Fair (309 ratings) · submitted 1997
I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few.
tiny.ag/ooxlc4p0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (199 ratings) · submitted 1997
Boring people are a reflection of boring people.
tiny.ag/nzeorxiy · ★★☆☆ Fair (464 ratings) · submitted 1997
Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
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