Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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tiny.ag/0ihiksxu · ★★☆☆ Fair (57 ratings) · submitted 1997
On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks.
H. Allen Smith, Let the Crabgrass Grow, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/asecpbyl · ★★☆☆ Fair (76 ratings) · submitted 1997
A cynic is a person searching for an honest man, with a stolen lantern.
tiny.ag/lkgjcwse · ★★☆☆ Fair (76 ratings) · submitted 1997
Baloney is flattery so thick that it can not be true and blarney is flattery so thin that we like it.
tiny.ag/lvmeyokh · ★★☆☆ Fair (340 ratings) · submitted 1997
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
tiny.ag/ixldmygb · ★★☆☆ Fair (287 ratings) · submitted 1997
A reasonable man adapts himself to suit his environment. An unreasonable man persists in attempting to adapt his environment to suit himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
George Bernard Shaw, in Altruism and Cynicism and Vice and Virtue
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/ijcqpq8f · ★★☆☆ Fair (119 ratings) · submitted 1997
Do good by stealth.
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/euochyxn · ★★☆☆ Fair (94 ratings) · submitted 1997
The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made.
Daniel Schorr, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/q93dw7gi · ★★☆☆ Fair (90 ratings) · submitted 1997
Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
tiny.ag/vgoawlvx · ★★☆☆ Fair (357 ratings) · submitted 1997
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.
tiny.ag/7hdzmwue · ★★☆☆ Fair (246 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
George Bernard Shaw, in Altruism and Cynicism and Vice and Virtue
tiny.ag/itutlzy5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (242 ratings) · submitted 1997
The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it.
tiny.ag/9m1hmtxp · ★★☆☆ Fair (160 ratings) · submitted 1997
When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants to murder him, it's called ferocity.
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/gvohc8br · ★★☆☆ Fair (3332 ratings) · submitted 1997
In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments -- there are consequences.
tiny.ag/poggndv0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (2925 ratings) · submitted 1997
Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
tiny.ag/tnwmsadk · ★★☆☆ Fair (75 ratings) · submitted 1997
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
tiny.ag/rxmfom0a · ★★☆☆ Fair (96 ratings) · submitted 1997
The relationship between truth and a newspaper is like the relationship between the color green and the number seven. Occasionally you will see the number seven written in green, but you learn not to expect this.
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