Aphorisms Galore!

Submissions

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

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tiny.ag/xm5kzwyg  ·  submitted 2010 by jambone9

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

Jabo James, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/vfshd2la  ·  submitted 2010 by jambone9

Indecision is the thief of the soul.

Jabo James, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/wzaues3j  ·  submitted 2010 by 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.

Cole Denison, my philosophy on pride, in Vice and Virtue and Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/ggccik9p  ·  submitted 2010 by Coleden

The flare of love can burn bright or burn bridges.

Cole Denison, in Love and Hate

tiny.ag/2xqytv5r  ·  submitted 2010 by jambone9

Sincerity beats politeness.

Jabo James, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/jsspyhrm  ·  submitted 2010 by jambone9

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

Jabo James, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/0d21k5jt  ·  submitted 2010

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

, on the job, in Work and Recreation and Wealth and Poverty

tiny.ag/q60ikw1x  ·  submitted 2010 by Mike Kraso

The future isn't what it was.

Me

tiny.ag/nafrtspo  ·  submitted 2010 by 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.

Me

tiny.ag/vizvd9xa  ·  submitted 2010

Life sucks and then you die.

my U.S. History teacher, so true!!, in Life and Death and Life and Death

tiny.ag/dnlh6xag  ·  submitted 2010 by jambone9

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

Jabo James, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/tpfldcuc  ·  submitted 2010 by 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!"

Jabo James, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/0qk5nxjt  ·  submitted 2010 by jambone9

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

Jabo James, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/t80gxj5h  ·  submitted 2010

Lust is the pornography of the mind.

Benjamin Dickens, Musician, in Love and Hate and Men and Women

tiny.ag/bsa01ytr  ·  submitted 2010 by jtegel

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose

Kris Kristofferson, From his song Me and Bobby McGee

tiny.ag/u9jinkjy  ·  submitted 2010 by jambone9

Education kills ignorance.

Jabo James, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/d8vmmqyz  ·  submitted 2010 by caseywhalen7@yahoo.com

women! you cant live with them, you cant live without them

women, am i right

tiny.ag/udvrulkq  ·  submitted 2010 by Monet

"How empty of you , to be so full of me'

Monet Dunham, nyc, in Altruism and Cynicism and Love and Hate

tiny.ag/tjmsoocn  ·  submitted 2010 by sraz

These days, an income is something you can't live without - or within

Tom Wilson, in Wealth and Poverty and Life and Death

tiny.ag/vw5kal0r  ·  submitted 2010 by sraz

You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone

John Ciardi, in Life and Death and Art and Literature

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