Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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tiny.ag/mgrteolp · ★★☆☆ Fair (258 ratings) · submitted 2011 by peter
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Robert J. Hanlon, in Altruism and Cynicism and Vice and Virtue
tiny.ag/lu0qepci · ★★☆☆ Fair (167 ratings) · submitted 1997
An enemy is anyone who tells the truth about you.
tiny.ag/y9w5ki2b · ★★☆☆ Fair (267 ratings) · submitted 1997
No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
tiny.ag/nzeorxiy · ★★☆☆ Fair (464 ratings) · submitted 1997
Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
tiny.ag/bnnutdd7 · ★★☆☆ Fair (378 ratings) · submitted 1997
Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket.
tiny.ag/j0vq6ox3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (406 ratings) · submitted 1997
Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.
tiny.ag/ooxlc4p0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (199 ratings) · submitted 1997
Boring people are a reflection of boring people.
tiny.ag/pmag8qvw · ★★☆☆ Fair (151 ratings) · submitted 1997
Buying a lie is one thing, giving it away for free is quite another.
tiny.ag/hjysnvry · ★★☆☆ Fair (116 ratings) · submitted 1997
If it looks like shit, smells like shit, mail it to your enemy -- he'll know what to do with it.
tiny.ag/vpchszet · ★★☆☆ Fair (106 ratings) · submitted 1997
If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?
tiny.ag/bggvrf05 · ★★☆☆ Fair (180 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you love something, turn it loose. If it doesn't come back, kill it!
tiny.ag/nxpusxd1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (111 ratings) · submitted 1997
Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others.
tiny.ag/2cihxuml · ★★☆☆ Fair (96 ratings) · submitted 1997
Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.
tiny.ag/fjmqiepc · ★★☆☆ Fair (98 ratings) · submitted 1997
Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye.
tiny.ag/rlehkt4m · ★★☆☆ Fair (88 ratings) · submitted 1997
Smile, it's free therapy.
tiny.ag/xysizfch · ★★☆☆ Fair (79 ratings) · submitted 1997
The key to heaven's gate cannot be duplicated.
tiny.ag/fwdapxsq · ★★☆☆ Fair (75 ratings) · submitted 1997
The art of giving is perfected through anonymity.
tiny.ag/gf6ry8xs · ★★☆☆ Fair (87 ratings) · submitted 1997
Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.
tiny.ag/xhg05ovb · ★★☆☆ Fair (68 ratings) · submitted 1997
I never know how much of what I say is true.
tiny.ag/jcmyu3ji · ★★☆☆ Fair (152 ratings) · submitted 1997
Demagogue: One who preaches a doctrine he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
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