Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 11 comments
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tiny.ag/pyitdvns · ★★☆☆ Fair (288 ratings) · submitted 1997
I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.
tiny.ag/vkemi9qo · ★★☆☆ Fair (191 ratings) · submitted 1997
Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
tiny.ag/u5uejalg · ★★☆☆ Fair (387 ratings) · submitted 1999
Never give a sucker an even break and never smarten up a chump.
tiny.ag/kvgolwyi · ★★☆☆ Fair (278 ratings) · submitted 1998
The danger today is not so much that machines will learn to think and feel but that men will cease to do so.
tiny.ag/tacuwmyh · ★★☆☆ Fair (146 ratings) · submitted 1997
He who hesitates is probably smart... or maybe stapled to the floor.
tiny.ag/v128alif · ★★☆☆ Fair (126 ratings) · submitted 1997
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king... and the one-eyed man with the high heels and the feather boa is queen.
tiny.ag/9xelzoym · ★★☆☆ Fair (175 ratings) · submitted 1997
Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think, and a docudrama with ugly actors for those who film docudramas.
tiny.ag/p2zj718l · ★★☆☆ Fair (207 ratings) · submitted 1997
The only absolute knowledge worth attaining is that your life is meaningless. -- My life? Well now, that's another story...
tiny.ag/rx3wkhug · ★★☆☆ Fair (133 ratings) · submitted 1997
You are cautious in showing your true self to others. Have you thought about plastic surgery?
tiny.ag/qr9ysjed · ★★☆☆ Fair (328 ratings) · submitted 1997
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
tiny.ag/bx0vlces · ★★☆☆ Fair (323 ratings) · submitted 1997
Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else -- unless it is an enemy.
Albert Einstein, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/l9caw6tv · ★★☆☆ Fair (124 ratings) · submitted 1997
A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions.
tiny.ag/mgrteolp · ★★☆☆ Fair (258 ratings) · submitted 2011 by peter
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Robert J. Hanlon, in Altruism and Cynicism and Vice and Virtue
tiny.ag/pjkyl6oi · ★★☆☆ Fair (121 ratings) · submitted 1997
An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.
tiny.ag/fjkyccqy · ★★☆☆ Fair (65 ratings) · submitted 1997
In this world, there is one terrible thing, and that is that everyone has his reasons.
tiny.ag/lhf5xdsj · ★★☆☆ Fair (81 ratings) · submitted 1997
Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil.
Ayn Rand, (commencement speech to Naval Academy), in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/eh4xjmzt · ★★☆☆ Fair (188 ratings) · submitted 1997
Love thy neighbor as thyself, but choose your neighborhood.
tiny.ag/1make2qd · ★★☆☆ Fair (777 ratings) · submitted 1997
tiny.ag/ijcqpq8f · ★★☆☆ Fair (119 ratings) · submitted 1997
Do good by stealth.
tiny.ag/bsgtnfh5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (2967 ratings) · submitted 1997
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