Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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tiny.ag/ajwgbtvf · ★★☆☆ Fair (229 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you were arrested for kindness, would there be enough evidence to convict you?
tiny.ag/0fbye8uj · ★★☆☆ Fair (115 ratings) · submitted 1997
Beat your own and others will fear you.
Unknown, (Russian proverb), in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/dx8nfe71 · ★★☆☆ Fair (198 ratings) · submitted 1997
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Unknown, (Chinese proverb), in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/ugaap1m5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (196 ratings) · submitted 1997
Cynics are made, not born.
tiny.ag/kf8mzunf · ★★☆☆ Fair (210 ratings) · submitted 1997
Don't tell any big lies today. Small ones can be just as effective.
tiny.ag/xjumrw8y · ★★☆☆ Fair (182 ratings) · submitted 1997
Everything is controlled by a small evil group to which, unfortunately, no one we know belongs.
tiny.ag/e6ekgqrh · ★★☆☆ Fair (211 ratings) · submitted 1997
Familiarity breeds contempt.
tiny.ag/xl1yrua8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (228 ratings) · submitted 1997
George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but he also admitted doing it. Now, do you know why his father didn't punish him? Because George still had the axe in his hand.
tiny.ag/p7q95xlg · ★★☆☆ Fair (210 ratings) · submitted 1997
Hypocrisy is the vaseline of social intercourse.
tiny.ag/5otyux70 · ★★☆☆ Fair (121 ratings) · submitted 1997
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.
tiny.ag/58hbs9pq · ★★☆☆ Fair (67 ratings) · submitted 1997
It's not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts.
tiny.ag/amzxlbug · ★★☆☆ Fair (148 ratings) · submitted 1997
All humans are hypocrites; the biggest hypocrite of all is the one who claims to detest hypocrisy.
tiny.ag/k8lcsqdw · ★★☆☆ Fair (934 ratings) · submitted 1997
Heck, what's a little extortion among friends?
Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/dliywafc · ★★☆☆ Fair (888 ratings) · submitted 1997
I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?
Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/jsphv1u4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (1024 ratings) · submitted 1999
A cynic is one who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
tiny.ag/kd1gueir · ★★☆☆ Fair (475 ratings) · submitted 1997
A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
tiny.ag/cjkab7en · ★★☆☆ Fair (466 ratings) · submitted 1997
I can resist everything except temptation.
tiny.ag/vwaksnik · ★★☆☆ Fair (453 ratings) · submitted 1997
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
tiny.ag/0fxuodhb · ★★☆☆ Fair (460 ratings) · submitted 1997
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
tiny.ag/knyvxbon · ★★☆☆ Fair (232 ratings) · submitted 1997
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
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