Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 13 comments
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tiny.ag/p7q95xlg · ★★☆☆ Fair (210 ratings) · submitted 1997
Hypocrisy is the vaseline of social intercourse.
tiny.ag/xl1yrua8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (228 ratings) · submitted 1997
George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but he also admitted doing it. Now, do you know why his father didn't punish him? Because George still had the axe in his hand.
tiny.ag/e6ekgqrh · ★★☆☆ Fair (211 ratings) · submitted 1997
Familiarity breeds contempt.
tiny.ag/xjumrw8y · ★★☆☆ Fair (182 ratings) · submitted 1997
Everything is controlled by a small evil group to which, unfortunately, no one we know belongs.
tiny.ag/kf8mzunf · ★★☆☆ Fair (210 ratings) · submitted 1997
Don't tell any big lies today. Small ones can be just as effective.
tiny.ag/ugaap1m5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (196 ratings) · submitted 1997
Cynics are made, not born.
tiny.ag/0fbye8uj · ★★☆☆ Fair (115 ratings) · submitted 1997
Beat your own and others will fear you.
Unknown, (Russian proverb), in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/dx8nfe71 · ★★☆☆ Fair (198 ratings) · submitted 1997
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Unknown, (Chinese proverb), in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/gu6tloek · ★★☆☆ Fair (298 ratings) · submitted 1997
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.
Simon Cameron, in Altruism and Cynicism and Law and Politics
tiny.ag/lgolcdhe · ★★☆☆ Fair (147 ratings) · submitted 1997
Getting caught is the mother of invention.
tiny.ag/pbhm4rie · ★★☆☆ Fair (396 ratings) · submitted 1997
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
tiny.ag/43mefad8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (157 ratings) · submitted 1997
All government -- indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act -- is founded on compromise and barter.
tiny.ag/ahfxksue · ★★☆☆ Fair (331 ratings) · submitted 1997
You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
tiny.ag/fmchbiz9 · ★★☆☆ Fair (387 ratings) · submitted 1997
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.
tiny.ag/764yzbuo · ★★☆☆ Fair (233 ratings) · submitted 1997
I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I hate plants.
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/uapy9tbq · ★★☆☆ Fair (119 ratings) · submitted 1997
A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.
tiny.ag/9djxhqx6 · ★★☆☆ Fair (116 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
tiny.ag/td1vfiu9 · ★★☆☆ Fair (121 ratings) · submitted 1997
Cynics regard everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regard everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
tiny.ag/knyvxbon · ★★☆☆ Fair (232 ratings) · submitted 1997
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
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