Love and Hate
114 aphorisms · 13 comments
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tiny.ag/w4s36qc2 · submitted 1997
A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
tiny.ag/qh2wpltu · submitted 1997
All mankind loves a lover.
tiny.ag/0rcgdke8 · submitted 1997
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
tiny.ag/tckzdvry · submitted 1997
Love: A temporary insanity cureable either by marriage or by removal of the influences under which he incurred the disorder. It is sometimes fatal, but more frequently to the physician than the patient.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/rfa7bnoi · submitted 1997
Incompatibility: In matrimony a similarity of tastes, particularly the taste for domination.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/3b0kjrvh · submitted 1997
Helpmate: A wife, or bitter half.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/ordtalmq · submitted 1997
What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.
tiny.ag/opp6altk · submitted 1997
Happiness: An agreeable sensation arising from contemplating the misery of another.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Love and Hate and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/snlzrsu1 · submitted 1997
Hatred: A sentiment appropriate to the occasion of another's superiority.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Love and Hate and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/6thfwduq · submitted 1999
Romance is built on illusion, and when we love someone, we love the illusion they have created for us.
Roger Ebert, (from review of Boys Don't Cry, Oct. 22, 1999), in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/fxwtpzmn · submitted 1997
Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated.
tiny.ag/c5yxdobt · submitted 1997
In the end, we will conserve only what we love. We will love only what we understand. We will understand only what we are taught.
tiny.ag/w4pbwier · submitted 1997
Treasure your relationships, not your possessions.
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Love and Hate and Wealth and Poverty
tiny.ag/jembkuph · submitted 1997
The most important thing a father can do for his children is love their mother.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/npbuejcs · submitted 1997
True friendship is seen through the heart, not through the eyes.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/wnvuqdit · submitted 1997
There is no difference between a wise man and a fool when they fall in love.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/nbrpkw6o · submitted 1997
The surest sign that a man is in love is when he divorces his wife.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/mz7zqsiw · submitted 1997
There are two sides to every divorce: yours and the shithead's.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/5fmenyag · submitted 1997
The gods gave man fire and he invented fire engines. They gave him love and he invented marriage.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/axmzaeli · submitted 1997
A man needs a mistress, just to break the monogamy.
Unknown, in Love and Hate and Men and Women
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