Aphorism of the Day
This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.
Every single day, a very sophisticated computer running state of the art software carefully picks an aphorism from the collection and sends it out to all the nice people who have subscribed to the Aphorism of the Day. If you want to be one of these nice people, create a user profile and start a subscription.
1–10 (1670)
2021-07-26
tiny.ag/ohswxac4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (226 ratings) · submitted 1997
A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
2021-07-25
tiny.ag/vlei56tn · ★★☆☆ Fair (334 ratings) · submitted 1997
Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.
2021-07-24
tiny.ag/zpsqkb73 · ★★☆☆ Fair (257 ratings) · submitted 1997
The more you wrestle with a turd, the more shit gets on you.
2021-07-23
tiny.ag/mux8i615 · ★★☆☆ Fair (119 ratings) · submitted 1997
Discovery is seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking what no one else has thought.
2021-07-22
tiny.ag/fznv6alr · ★★☆☆ Fair (554 ratings) · submitted 1997
I never think of the future -- it will come soon enough.
2021-07-21
tiny.ag/dhapqbwl · ★★☆☆ Fair (1112 ratings) · submitted 1997
Have a strong mind and a soft heart.
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Altruism and Cynicism
2021-07-20
tiny.ag/kqr3auag · ★★☆☆ Fair (145 ratings) · submitted 1997
Any man who afflicts the human race with ideas must be prepared to see them misunderstood.
2021-07-19
tiny.ag/b5zelloy · ★★☆☆ Fair (531 ratings) · submitted 1997
Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.
2021-07-18
tiny.ag/gcj36kvs · ★★☆☆ Fair (219 ratings) · submitted 1999 by pam brees
Every time a baby is born, so is a grandmother.
2021-07-17
tiny.ag/dzggn7ah · ★★☆☆ Fair (916 ratings) · submitted 1997
Politeness: The most acceptable hypocrisy.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Altruism and Cynicism
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