Aphorisms Galore!

tiny.ag/rdqgrf59  ·   Fair (370 ratings)  ·  submitted 1997

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Abraham Lincoln, in Vice and Virtue

This is an aphorism from Aphorisms Galore!'s official collection. It was the Aphorism of the Day for 2012-02-15.

(no title)  ·  posted 2017 by Ulysses

They can't.
Two poor man; both starving; one steals, the other does not. No-one can say.
Not much evidence on what the superman of the world would do.