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/y8slq7cg  ·   Fair (36 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002

"The man who carries the entire world on his shoulders leaves himself no ground on which to stand."

No author, simple observation on life

tiny.ag/rzlr2oac  ·   Fair (33 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002 by Saeed

Islam is NOT a religion in
which God requires you to send your son to die for Him. Christianity is
a faith in which God sent His son to die for you. How can god have a son if he isnt human? Why attach human qualities to the creator of all mankind?

John Ashcroft

tiny.ag/tuv6gyqm  ·   Fair (32 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002

Politics: Etymologically is composed of two words - Poli is derived from the Greek word for MANY; Tics are a blood sucking insect.

Jay Leno, From the Tonight Show. How wierdly true

tiny.ag/et3jilu2  ·   Fair (31 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002

The great distance one must travel to achieve success is one step in the right direction.

Jefferson Hennessy

tiny.ag/v6ypixqc  ·   Fair (36 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.

Ralph W. Emerson

tiny.ag/3kiahj97  ·   Fair (26 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002

I mistrust systematizers and I avoid them. The will to a system is a lack of integrity.

F. Nietzsche

tiny.ag/415yqg3d  ·   Fair (28 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002

The only virtue in being stubborn is that you know exactly what you will be thinking about tomorrow!

Mike Rabinowitz

tiny.ag/9w1vpfnc  ·   Fair (44 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002

A really modern APHORISM: "When social activists – i.e. outrageous liberal jerks - say that "extremists" are just nutty people, I worry a bit. And here is why. Because to say extremists are crazy is the opposite of saying nutty people are really smart. That is so wrong. And I wish all the really stupid liberal people in the world would recognize this truth and grow up. So there…"

Unknowable

tiny.ag/thbatkx6  ·   Fair (37 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002

If I wanted to get rid of my neighbors I would just do weird stuff like put shaving cream on my lawn before I mow it.

Brian, Everyday Conversation

tiny.ag/pdyejbm2  ·   Fair (28 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002

Life is just high school with money.

Unknown

tiny.ag/ukhjcxpm  ·   Fair (34 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002

I worry a bit when the greatest vice social activists can attribute to someone is "extremism". As if the fervor with which someone believes something were more important than the actual content of what they believed....

RHJunior

tiny.ag/ja7gbdor  ·   Fair (26 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002

In the modern world everything is in doubt because nothing is above question.

Jefferson Hennessy

tiny.ag/ea1olghm  ·   Fair (34 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002

True love is a game with no outcome.

Unknown

tiny.ag/pz9nvlky  ·   Fair (30 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002

Possession is nine tenths of the problem.

John Lennon

tiny.ag/59dkbf2z  ·   Fair (24 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002

The louder he spoke of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons.

Ralph W. Emerson, (for Kenny Boy)

tiny.ag/xq2vr0cq  ·   Fair (29 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002

Education is another sun to the educated.

Thales

tiny.ag/nhb7lgne  ·   Fair (34 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002

Man looks before and after and pines for what is not.

Plato

tiny.ag/kc6vcdlj  ·   Fair (32 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after.

Thoreau

tiny.ag/wuownbqd  ·   Fair (24 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002

We should take care not to make the intellect our god; it has, of course, powerful muscles, but no personality.

Albert Einstein

tiny.ag/m76vhpft  ·   Fair (24 ratings)  ·  submitted 2002

You cannot argue with a leftist. To them, the very fact you disagree with them is proof of your moral inferiority.

RHJunior

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