Aphorism of the Day
This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.
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2026-01-05
tiny.ag/ki5uq3ph · submitted 1997
The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.
2026-01-04
tiny.ag/hjgpjdl6 · submitted 1997
A bend in the road is not the end of the road -- unless you fail to make the turn.
2026-01-03
tiny.ag/ahfxksue · submitted 1997
You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
2026-01-02
tiny.ag/lsjxix1g · submitted 1997
Sloppy thinking only gets worse with decapitation.
2026-01-01
tiny.ag/7guwnmr1 · submitted 1997
I don't want any "yes-men" around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs.
2025-12-31
tiny.ag/qwlroxym · submitted 1997
Parkinson's First Law: Work expands to fill the time available.
2025-12-30
tiny.ag/6wwft1cd · submitted 1997
He who hesitates is a damned fool.
2025-12-29
tiny.ag/kgnv53qx · submitted 1997
Truth comes out of error more easily than out of confusion.
Francis Bacon, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure
2025-12-28
tiny.ag/qk3eo0wc · submitted 1997
The status quo is the only solution that cannot be vetoed.
2025-12-27
tiny.ag/9bumiall · submitted 1997
There's nothing so useless as doing efficiently that which should not be done at all.
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