Aphorisms Galore!

Submissions

These aphorisms have been submitted by users but are not (yet) included in the official collection.

4181–4200 (5998)

tiny.ag/e1vsjsuu  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

To learn to unlearn is freedom.

Jabo James, in Happiness and Misery and Success and Failure

tiny.ag/m4wlgin5  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

I am no better nor worse than what you think you are.

Jabo James, in Men and Women and Happiness and Misery

tiny.ag/hh9pnke0  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

A man may be at peace with himself if he is able to reconcile the particular and the universal elements of his being.

Jabo James, in Success and Failure and Happiness and Misery

tiny.ag/0yswk2hl  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

A person who too often settles for less than he or she wants might be functioning on the premise that zero is greater than minus one.

Jabo James, in Success and Failure and Happiness and Misery

tiny.ag/evnthxot  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

Were there no problems in this world, there would probably be no need for philosophers.

Jabo James, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/yauoqbdn  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

A person can die trying to stay alive.

Jabo James, in Life and Death

tiny.ag/limr826g  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

One true measure of a person is the extent to which that person acts without fear of contradiction.

Jabo James, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/xohsl6cu  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

Jesus of Nazareth often spoke of loving your enemy. Some have even killed their enemies to show just how strong their love was.

Jabo James, in Science and Religion and Love and Hate

tiny.ag/62msovye  ·  submitted 2010 by sailormoongirl4

"Haters are the best promoters".

Anonymous, in Wisdom and Ignorance and Success and Failure

tiny.ag/hpa8o2m1  ·  submitted 2010

Life is all about seeking pleasure, then we die.

Hiram Guevara

tiny.ag/rxwe14kv  ·  submitted 2010

The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson

tiny.ag/g3vhom0x  ·  submitted 2010 by peter

The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!', but 'That's funny...'

Isaac Asimov, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure

tiny.ag/f6z37byh  ·  submitted 2010

We are all going to die anyway, we might as well be fat and happy.

Tiffany Smrtnik, in Happiness and Misery and Food and Drink

tiny.ag/96ty0q5j  ·  submitted 2010 by ravi

Intelligence does not need Intel inside,
All it need is good sense outside.

Ravi Gupta, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/wmnscizr  ·  submitted 2010 by ackymantastic

If you can only dangle a carrot you will only get an ass

Roy Acton, in Wisdom and Ignorance and Happiness and Misery

tiny.ag/ix6jbrsc  ·  submitted 2010 by boyerdon

Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, Tooth Fairy, Clean Coal

Don Boyer, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/skte4u2x  ·  submitted 2010

Post-traumatic stress syndrome is going to be a nice change of pace.

John Alejandro King, US intelligence officer and poet, in Happiness and Misery and Happiness and Misery

tiny.ag/mdvz260r  ·  submitted 2010

Inside an oasis, there are many little deserts.

, in Life and Death and Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/o8uvmpil  ·  submitted 2010

Irony: the realization that Paul Anka co-wrote the song 'My Way.'

John Alejandro King, Intelligence officer and writer, in Wisdom and Ignorance and Life and Death

tiny.ag/f4isgvuz  ·  submitted 2010 by Jambone9

The love of two people for each other is an understanding that no one else is expected to understand.

Jabo James, in Love and Hate

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