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Comment#  ·  ***- Good (2 ratings)  ·  submitted 10 Mar by [user] jambone9

Living beyond your income is bad; living beyond your credit limit is worse.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wealth and Poverty

Comment#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 10 Mar by [user] jambone9

Jesus of Nazareth did not say "Let he who is without sin go get stoned."

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Science and Religion

Comment#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 10 Mar by [user] jambone9

There are actually two ways to think-either with your brain or with your mouth.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 10 Mar by [user] jambone9

Forever is a long time.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Happiness and Misery

Comment#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 10 Mar by [user] jambone9

When in doubt, hesitate, but only for so long.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 10 Mar by [user] jambone9

Indecision is the thief of the soul.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Success and Failure

Comment#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted 7 Mar by [user] Coleden

Pride as an individual doesn't mark one as wholly vengeful, selfish or with conceit; it only keeps them above those who cower in the sight of opposition, initiative, and defiance.

[aphorist] Cole Denison, my philosophy on pride, in [category] Vice and Virtue and [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  ***- Good (one rating)  ·  submitted 7 Mar by [user] Coleden

The flare of love can burn bright or burn bridges.

[aphorist] Cole Denison, in [category] Love and Hate

Comment#  ·  ***- Good (one rating)  ·  submitted 7 Mar by [user] jambone9

Sincerity beats politeness.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Success and Failure

Comment#  ·  *--- Poor (one rating)  ·  submitted 7 Mar by [user] jambone9

There is no connection between talking and thinking; if there is, it is not always apparent.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  ***- Good (2 ratings)  ·  submitted 2 Mar

In this day and time,it seems you have to screw up, in order to move up.

[aphorist] , on the job, in [category] Work and Recreation and [category] Wealth and Poverty

Comment#  ·  ***- Good (4 ratings)  ·  submitted 2 Mar by [user] Mike Kraso

The future isn't what it was.

[aphorist] Me

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (3 ratings)  ·  submitted 2 Mar by [user] Mike Kraso

The the glass is is only half full if it is being filled, and likewise, only half empty when it's being emptied.

[aphorist] Me

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (5 ratings)  ·  submitted 2 Mar

Life sucks and then you die.

[aphorist] my U.S. History teacher, so true!!, in [category] Life and Death and [category] Life and Death

Comment#  ·  **-- Fair (2 ratings)  ·  submitted 28 Feb by [user] jambone9

Respect is keeping your mouth shut when you don't know what you're talking about.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  ***- Good (3 ratings)  ·  submitted 28 Feb by [user] jambone9

A glass of water filled halfway is viewed by three different persons: the optimist says the glass is half-full; the pessimist says the glass is half-empty; the thirsty man says "Give me the damn glass!"

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Success and Failure

Comment#  ·  **** Excellent (2 ratings)  ·  submitted 28 Feb by [user] jambone9

Respect is keeping your mouth shut when you don't know what you're talking about.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

Comment#  ·  *--- Poor (2 ratings)  ·  submitted 24 Feb

Lust is the pornography of the mind.

[aphorist] Benjamin Dickens, Musician, in [category] Love and Hate and [category] Men and Women

Comment#  ·  ***- Good (one rating)  ·  submitted 23 Feb by [user] jtegel

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose

[aphorist] Kris Kristofferson, From his song Me and Bobby McGee

Comment#  ·  ***- Good (one rating)  ·  submitted 23 Feb by [user] jambone9

Education kills ignorance.

[aphorist] Jabo James, in [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

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