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Aphorism of the Day

This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.

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2026-08-19

tiny.ag/egbcyknm  ·  submitted 1997

America is a fortunate country. She grows by the follies of our European nations.

Napoleon, in Law and Politics

2026-08-18

tiny.ag/pw5jxnsv  ·  submitted 1997

A man can do what he wants, but not want what he wants.

Arthur Schopenhauer, in Happiness and Misery

2026-08-17

tiny.ag/kov3nzmi  ·  submitted 1997

Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

2026-08-16

tiny.ag/exb7lihg  ·  submitted 1997

I've had one child. My husband wants to have another. I'd like to watch him have another.

Unknown, in Men and Women

2026-08-15

tiny.ag/oy08nxhf  ·  submitted 1998 by Marc Spierings

To use a method is to compare the realm of mind to a stool. The true thinker walks freely.

Godfried Bomans, De avonturen van Bill Clifford, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance

2026-08-14

tiny.ag/dyebwhav  ·  submitted 1999

If we couldn't laugh, we'd all go insane.

Jimmy Buffett, in Happiness and Misery

2026-08-13

tiny.ag/pxfadpln  ·  submitted 1997

Never give advice -- a wise man won't need it, a fool won't heed it.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

2026-08-12

tiny.ag/cybvcjri  ·  submitted 1997

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he is buying.

Fran Lebowitz, in Wealth and Poverty

2026-08-11

tiny.ag/rcehbv9s  ·  submitted 1997

Putt's Law: Technology is dominated by two types of people: Those who understand what they do not manage, and those who manage what they do not understand.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

2026-08-10

tiny.ag/ljkvotgg  ·  submitted 1997

No vacation goes unpunished.

Karl A. Hakkarainen, in Work and Recreation