Aphorism of the Day
This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.
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1651–1660 (1789)
2015-02-07
tiny.ag/sdc7t2fc · ★★☆☆ Fair (167 ratings) · submitted 1997
If there is a wrong way to do something, then someone will do it.
2015-02-04
tiny.ag/yif1p5kz · ★★☆☆ Fair (963 ratings) · submitted 1999
The early bird catches the worm.
2014-11-23
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
2014-11-18
tiny.ag/wb5d0s4b · ★★☆☆ Fair (64 ratings) · submitted 1997
Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.
2014-11-17
tiny.ag/9yutw8at · ★★☆☆ Fair (83 ratings) · submitted 1997
It does not take much strength to do things, but it takes great strength to know what to do.
2014-10-23
tiny.ag/k0lhuitd · ★★☆☆ Fair (74 ratings) · submitted 1997
Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Die, search for meaning, search for meaning, search for meaning.
2014-10-20
tiny.ag/e8syltpb · ★★☆☆ Fair (147 ratings) · submitted 1997
A man with a watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches is never sure.
2014-10-06
tiny.ag/f6aon4ji · ★★☆☆ Fair (1099 ratings) · submitted 1998
Never try to out-stubborn a cat.
Robert A. Heinlein, The Notebooks of Lazarus Long, in Success and Failure
2014-09-19
tiny.ag/t9fdfjzr · ★★☆☆ Fair (234 ratings) · submitted 1997
Every man is a divinity in disguise, a god playing the fool.
2014-09-11
tiny.ag/hdyoy0ri · ★★☆☆ Fair (881 ratings) · submitted 1999 by Chris Daniels
I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded... I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed... I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, (Chautauqua, New York, August 14, 1936), in War and Peace
1651–1660 (1789)