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Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist
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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/pnfrcj5n · submitted 1997
You will break the bow if you keep it always stretched.
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/up1actjs · submitted 1997
Decay is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
Unknown, (sometimes, almost certainly incorrectly, attributed to the Buddha), in Life and Death
tiny.ag/z91tc0go · submitted 1997
It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.
tiny.ag/bpgwmk3n · submitted 1997
If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.
tiny.ag/jcmxo4ir · submitted 1997
If there is anything better than being loved, it's loving.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/lue0mtfy · submitted 1997
If we deny love that is given to us, if we refuse to give love because we fear pain or loss, then our lives will be empty, our loss greater.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/mwma270i · submitted 1997
If you believe everything you read, you'd better not read.
Unknown, (Japanese proverb), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/o7ofzkdq · submitted 1997
If you can read this, thank a teacher.
tiny.ag/hsipkpnw · submitted 1997
If you can't learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly.
tiny.ag/vhuaqm1e · submitted 1997
If you do what you've always done, you'll be what you've always been.
tiny.ag/26gdqtzf · submitted 1997
If you don't believe in something, you'll fall for anything.
tiny.ag/cwh4nfsu · submitted 1997
If you don't have time to do it right you must have time to do it over.
tiny.ag/ina54mbv · submitted 1997
If you explain so clearly that nobody can misunderstand, somebody will.
tiny.ag/koyyq54r · submitted 1997
If you love your job, you will never have to work another day in your life.
tiny.ag/ckgbheun · submitted 1997
If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you -- but if you really make them think they'll hate you.
tiny.ag/t2ay3kb5 · submitted 1997
If you see a turtle on a fence post, he has had some help.
tiny.ag/bafxiwkf · submitted 1997
If you treat a person as he is, he will remain as he is. If you treat him for what he could be, he will become what he could be.
tiny.ag/ajwgbtvf · submitted 1997
If you were arrested for kindness, would there be enough evidence to convict you?
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