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Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist
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tiny.ag/g6oi3hzo · submitted 1997
We trained hard, but it seemed that everytime we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralization.
Unknown, (sometimes incorrectly attributed to Petronius Arbiter), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/qse5ziat · submitted 1998
Give a man a fish and he'll ask for a lemon. Teach a man to fish and he'll leave work early on Friday.
tiny.ag/kov3nzmi · submitted 1997
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
tiny.ag/undqbo35 · submitted 1997
Westheimer's Discovery: A couple of months in the laboratory can frequently save a couple of hours in the library.
tiny.ag/qhi9mj1t · submitted 1997
Wethern's Law: Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups.
tiny.ag/n51jrfp4 · submitted 1997
When a female has tears in her eyes the one who cannot see is the male.
Unknown, in Men and Women
tiny.ag/ymbukbew · submitted 1997
When a man's wife learns to understand him, she usually stops listening to him.
Unknown, in Men and Women
tiny.ag/pkfmdhte · submitted 1997
When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains knowledge, he is an ordinary man.
Unknown, (Zen saying), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/idqkjfr5 · submitted 1997 by Gord Weitzel
When elephants fight, only the grass gets hurt.
Unknown, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/voscxn53 · submitted 1997
When falling in love, some lose their head, others lose their heart.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/jlmjkna4 · submitted 1997
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
tiny.ag/mdjkyeno · submitted 1997
When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.
Unknown, (Ethiopian proverb), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/ywjorl1b · submitted 1997
When the government fears the people, we have liberty. When the people fear the government, we have tyranny.
tiny.ag/eq4zodra · submitted 1997
When they broke open molecules, they found they were filled with atoms. But when they broke open atoms, they found they were filled with explosions.
tiny.ag/wobuqdw1 · submitted 1997
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Unknown, (Indian proverb), in Life and Death and Vice and Virtue
tiny.ag/ubdtlbzz · submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester
When you're angry, take a deep breath and count to ten. When you're really angry, swear.
tiny.ag/zsldl2jb · submitted 1997
When you've seen one nuclear war, you've seen them all.
Unknown, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/xjrw4zcp · submitted 1997
While anyone can admit to themselves they were wrong, the true test is admission to someone else.
tiny.ag/zeuc9zpa · submitted 1997
While having never invented a sin, I'm trying to perfect several.
tiny.ag/tnfwhxlp · submitted 1997
You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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