Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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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/gf6ry8xs · ★★☆☆ Fair (87 ratings) · submitted 1997
Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.
tiny.ag/xysizfch · ★★☆☆ Fair (79 ratings) · submitted 1997
The key to heaven's gate cannot be duplicated.
tiny.ag/fwdapxsq · ★★☆☆ Fair (75 ratings) · submitted 1997
The art of giving is perfected through anonymity.
tiny.ag/rlehkt4m · ★★☆☆ Fair (88 ratings) · submitted 1997
Smile, it's free therapy.
tiny.ag/fjmqiepc · ★★☆☆ Fair (98 ratings) · submitted 1997
Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye.
tiny.ag/2cihxuml · ★★☆☆ Fair (96 ratings) · submitted 1997
Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.
tiny.ag/nxpusxd1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (111 ratings) · submitted 1997
Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others.
tiny.ag/bggvrf05 · ★★☆☆ Fair (180 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you love something, turn it loose. If it doesn't come back, kill it!
tiny.ag/vpchszet · ★★☆☆ Fair (106 ratings) · submitted 1997
If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?
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/l9caw6tv · ★★☆☆ Fair (124 ratings) · submitted 1997
A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions.
tiny.ag/bx0vlces · ★★☆☆ Fair (323 ratings) · submitted 1997
Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else -- unless it is an enemy.
Albert Einstein, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/qr9ysjed · ★★☆☆ Fair (328 ratings) · submitted 1997
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
tiny.ag/mgrteolp · ★★☆☆ Fair (258 ratings) · submitted 2011 by peter
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Robert J. Hanlon, in Altruism and Cynicism and Vice and Virtue
tiny.ag/xhg05ovb · ★★☆☆ Fair (68 ratings) · submitted 1997
I never know how much of what I say is true.
tiny.ag/b4tuds1y · ★★☆☆ Fair (192 ratings) · submitted 1997
There's always an easy solution to every human problem -- neat, plausible, and wrong.
Henry Louis Mencken, in Altruism and Cynicism and Science and Religion
tiny.ag/7gz85bqy · ★★☆☆ Fair (179 ratings) · submitted 1997
The cynics are right nine times out of ten.
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