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Aphorism of the Day

This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.

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2012-05-24

tiny.ag/eh4xjmzt  ·   Fair (188 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Love thy neighbor as thyself, but choose your neighborhood.

Louise Beal, in Altruism and Cynicism

2012-05-22

tiny.ag/mdjkyeno  ·   Fair (242 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.

Unknown, (Ethiopian proverb), in Work and Recreation

2012-05-21

tiny.ag/gvfo9jw1  ·   Fair (547 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Education is the period during which you are being instructed by somebody you do not know, about something you do not want to know.

Gilbert K. Chesterton, in Wisdom and Ignorance

2012-05-17

tiny.ag/jcmxo4ir  ·   Fair (171 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

If there is anything better than being loved, it's loving.

Unknown, in Love and Hate

2012-05-13

tiny.ag/odgzoipj  ·   Fair (17 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Boob's Law: You always find something in the last place you look.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

2012-05-11

tiny.ag/asecpbyl  ·   Fair (76 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

A cynic is a person searching for an honest man, with a stolen lantern.

Edgar A. Shoaff, in Altruism and Cynicism

2012-04-30

tiny.ag/con6lmc2  ·   Fair (295 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

Albert Einstein, in Science and Religion

2012-04-23

tiny.ag/tr9cqzsg  ·   Fair (259 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Sex is what women have and men want.

Unknown, in Men and Women

2012-04-21

tiny.ag/sybjkox1  ·   Fair (276 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Art is a deliberate recreation of a new and special reality that grows from your response to life. It cannot be copied; it must be created.

Unknown, in Art and Literature

2012-04-10

tiny.ag/vaj63mlc  ·   Fair (428 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

The basis of optimism is sheer terror.

Oscar Wilde, in Success and Failure