Aphorism of the Day
This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.
Every single day, a very sophisticated computer running state of the art software carefully picks an aphorism from the collection and sends it out to all the nice people who have subscribed to the Aphorism of the Day. If you want to be one of these nice people, create a user profile and start a subscription.
1–10 (1850)
2026-04-05
tiny.ag/wva2bjoz · submitted 1997
I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and realised that I had dug my own grave.
Dominic, (on the psychology of a gambler), in Life and Death and Success and Failure
2026-04-04
tiny.ag/ef1mcjvo · submitted 1997
Books are good enough in their own way, but they are a mighty bloodless substitute for life.
2026-04-03
tiny.ag/oic7hxlc · submitted 1997
After an instrument has been assembled, extra components will be found on the bench.
2026-04-02
tiny.ag/wirqwxvl · submitted 1997
Brain: an apparatus with which we think we think.
2026-04-01
tiny.ag/ikpxuifk · submitted 1997
Her kisses left something to be desired -- the rest of her.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
2026-03-31
tiny.ag/wvpojnsh · submitted 1997
Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.
2026-03-30
tiny.ag/rlehkt4m · submitted 1997
Smile, it's free therapy.
2026-03-29
tiny.ag/tzkxgb3b · submitted 1997
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
2026-03-28
tiny.ag/l9caw6tv · submitted 1997
A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions.
2026-03-27
tiny.ag/airwcz94 · submitted 1997
A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.
G. C. Lichtenberg, in Art and Literature and Wisdom and Ignorance
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