Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 11 comments
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tiny.ag/t4nrvjai · ★★☆☆ Fair (859 ratings) · submitted 1997
A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.
Joan Powers, Pooh's Little Instruction Book, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/k40t75a9 · ★★☆☆ Fair (885 ratings) · submitted 1997
No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
tiny.ag/458vctqs · ★★☆☆ Fair (314 ratings) · submitted 1997
I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room.
tiny.ag/3vps8ao4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (981 ratings) · submitted 1998 by Caleb Ronsen
If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever.
George Orwell, 1984, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/aoh5h6tb · ★★☆☆ Fair (1649 ratings) · submitted 1999
Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.
P. J. O'Rourke, All the Trouble in the World, in Altruism and Cynicism and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/4eq50acu · ★★☆☆ Fair (412 ratings) · submitted 1997
All lies are told with a straight face. It is truth that's said with a dismissive giggle.
tiny.ag/pl60skge · ★★☆☆ Fair (52 ratings) · submitted 1997
Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.
tiny.ag/f9zmepch · ★★☆☆ Fair (46 ratings) · submitted 1997
He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.
tiny.ag/crm6g7ll · ★★☆☆ Fair (120 ratings) · submitted 1997
We can do no great things; only small things with great love.
tiny.ag/rxylykkp · ★★☆☆ Fair (186 ratings) · submitted 1997
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
tiny.ag/xhg05ovb · ★★☆☆ Fair (68 ratings) · submitted 1997
I never know how much of what I say is true.
tiny.ag/g7qmt4qj · ★★☆☆ Fair (97 ratings) · submitted 1997
Welcome thy neighbor into thy fallout shelter. He'll come in handy if you run out of food.
tiny.ag/ahfxksue · ★★☆☆ Fair (331 ratings) · submitted 1997
You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
tiny.ag/avosjwgh · ★★☆☆ Fair (324 ratings) · submitted 1997
I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.
tiny.ag/tnirgb8y · ★★☆☆ Fair (187 ratings) · submitted 1997
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody is looking.
tiny.ag/jwmd8ebc · ★★☆☆ Fair (192 ratings) · submitted 1997
Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
tiny.ag/jcmyu3ji · ★★☆☆ Fair (152 ratings) · submitted 1997
Demagogue: One who preaches a doctrine he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
tiny.ag/7gz85bqy · ★★☆☆ Fair (179 ratings) · submitted 1997
The cynics are right nine times out of ten.
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/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.
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