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.
1711–1720 (1788)
2012-01-03
tiny.ag/8aevknh4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (877 ratings) · submitted 1999
A ship doesn't travel far in a calm sea.
2011-12-16
tiny.ag/lkf1oudx · ★★☆☆ Fair (79 ratings) · submitted 1997
A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry.
2011-11-22
tiny.ag/zzbstsyk · ★★☆☆ Fair (275 ratings) · submitted 1997
If the aborigine drafted an I.Q. test, all of Western civilization would presumably flunk it.
2011-11-16
tiny.ag/2upsgaxe · ★★☆☆ Fair (256 ratings) · submitted 1997
The way to make a small fortune in the commodities market is to start with a large fortune.
2011-11-01
tiny.ag/qswhxoon · ★★☆☆ Fair (169 ratings) · submitted 1997
The truth is more important than the facts.
2011-10-19
tiny.ag/4awpxubp · ★★☆☆ Fair (139 ratings) · submitted 1997
Every nation ridicules other nations -- and all are right.
2011-09-14
tiny.ag/ogrqyeb7 · ★★☆☆ Fair (229 ratings) · submitted 1997
Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely.
2011-09-10
tiny.ag/gzoelgpa · ★★☆☆ Fair (313 ratings) · submitted 1997
Men mistake friendship, but not sex, for love; women mistake sex, but not friendship, for love.
2011-08-24
tiny.ag/kzothtfn · ★★☆☆ Fair (135 ratings) · submitted 1997
For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
2011-08-23
tiny.ag/4vfcycxe · ★★☆☆ Fair (181 ratings) · submitted 1997
Hatred is toxic waste in the river of life.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
1711–1720 (1788)