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#  ·  *--- Poor (3 ratings)  ·  submitted Aug '11 (updated 23:15)

there's no "i" in team. But there is an "i" in "win".

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#  ·  **-- Fair (3 ratings)  ·  submitted Aug '11 (updated 23:15)

#  ·  **-- Fair (3 ratings)  ·  submitted Aug '11 (updated 23:15)

#  ·  **-- Fair (3 ratings)  ·  submitted Aug '11 (updated 23:15)

Looks can be decieving

[aphorist] lili.and.dani

#  ·  *--- Poor (one rating)  ·  submitted Aug '11 by [user] sherudite (updated 23:15)

Fate rectifies itself.

[aphorist] Sherudite, Source: http://twitter.com/#!/sherudite, February 15, 2011, in [category] Life and Death

#  ·  **-- Fair (2 ratings)  ·  submitted Aug '11 by [user] Paigetheoracle (updated 23:15)

I have nothing to say but that I have nothing to say (and I can see no point in telling you, that there is no point in telling you this).

[aphorist] Tony Sandy, This was originally two separate entries into a writing competition in a periodical (can't remember its name), in [category] Success and Failure and [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

#  ·  *--- Poor (one rating)  ·  submitted Aug '11 by [user] Paigetheoracle (updated 23:15)

Thought stops action - action stops thought

[aphorist] Tony Sandy, in [category] Vice and Virtue and [category] Happiness and Misery

#  ·  *--- Poor (one rating)  ·  submitted Aug '11 by [user] Paigetheoracle (updated 23:15)

As we go through the universe, the universe goes through us

[aphorist] Tony Sandy, in [category] Science and Religion and [category] Life and Death

#  ·  **-- Fair (2 ratings)  ·  submitted Aug '11 by [user] Paigetheoracle (updated 23:15)

We take things apart to understand them and put them back together to make them work

[aphorist] Tony Sandy, in [category] Science and Religion and [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted Aug '11 by [user] sherudite (updated 23:15)

True love is effortlessly loving someone in an effortful way.

[aphorist] Sherudite (Sheryl Cababat-Caberto), Source: http://www.lovequotescollection.com/quotes/users/sheryl_caberto.html, 2008, in [category] Love and Hate

#  ·  ***- Good (one rating)  ·  submitted Aug '11 by [user] sherudite (updated 23:15)

A perfectionist starves for perfection because his existence is an absolute imperfection.

[aphorist] Sherudite, Source: http://twitter.com/sherudite October 19, 2010, in [category] Work and Recreation

#  ·  ***- Good (7 ratings)  ·  submitted Aug '11 by [user] sherudite (updated 23:15)

Fate rectifies itself.

[aphorist] Sherudite, Source: http://twitter.com/sherudite February 15, 2011, in [category] Life and Death

#  ·  ***- Good (one rating)  ·  submitted Aug '11 by [user] marylou_sibal@yahoo.com (updated 23:15)

"Be miserable. Or motivate yourself. Whatever has to be done, it's always your choice." /Wayne Dyer

[aphorist] Sandra Ahs, live life to the fullest..

#  ·  ***- Good (one rating)  ·  submitted Aug '11 by [user] paigetheoracle (updated 23:15)

Never give up Hope - Crosby, yes and maybe even Lamour but never Hope!

[aphorist] Tony Sandy, in [category] Happiness and Misery

#  ·  ---- Unrated  ·  submitted Aug '11 by [user] paigetheoracle (updated 23:15)

If you can't beat them - use a bigger stick!

[aphorist] Tony Sandy, in [category] Altruism and Cynicism and [category] Success and Failure

#  ·  **-- Fair (2 ratings)  ·  submitted Aug '11 by [user] paigetheoracle (updated 23:15)

Every crowd has a silver lining (according to pickpockets anyway)

[aphorist] Tony Sandy, Light reworking of popular saying, in [category] Altruism and Cynicism and [category] Wealth and Poverty

#  ·  *--- Poor (3 ratings)  ·  submitted Aug '11 by [user] paigetheoracle (updated 23:15)

Corporal punishment isn't a major problem in general, especially if done in private

[aphorist] Tony Sandy, in [category] Altruism and Cynicism and [category] Happiness and Misery

#  ·  *--- Poor (one rating)  ·  submitted Aug '11 by [user] paigetheoracle (updated 23:15)

Nothing matters and everything doesn't

[aphorist] Tony Sandy, Very Zennish statement, in [category] Happiness and Misery and [category] Wisdom and Ignorance

#  ·  *--- Poor (one rating)  ·  submitted Aug '11 by [user] paigetheoracle (updated 23:15)

Remember when the Indians attack, it's the fort that counts!

[aphorist] Tony Sandy, in [category] War and Peace and [category] Success and Failure

#  ·  *--- Poor (one rating)  ·  submitted Aug '11 by [user] paigetheoracle (updated 23:15)

Does my ask look big in this?

[aphorist] Tony Sandy, in [category] Food and Drink and [category] Men and Women

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