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 (1686)
2021-11-27
tiny.ag/if4vw3y9 · ★★☆☆ Fair (147 ratings) · submitted 1997
Reality is nothing but a collective hunch.
Lily Tomlin, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
2021-11-26
tiny.ag/83wmvvdq · ★★☆☆ Fair (274 ratings) · submitted 1997
Never invest your money in anything that eats or needs painting.
2021-11-25
tiny.ag/mqycsaej · ★★☆☆ Fair (734 ratings) · submitted 1999
The greatest reward for doing is the opportunity to do more.
2021-11-24
tiny.ag/j1kvztac · ★★☆☆ Fair (282 ratings) · submitted 1997
Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history.
2021-11-23
tiny.ag/r3gvjlqa · ★★☆☆ Fair (192 ratings) · submitted 1997
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
2021-11-22
tiny.ag/ajoczguy · ★★☆☆ Fair (351 ratings) · submitted 1997
Usually, if you're calling any shots at all, you're not eating worms.
Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes (the Susie Derkins character), in Success and Failure
2021-11-21
tiny.ag/l3yahg9k · ★★☆☆ Fair (743 ratings) · submitted 1997
Prescription: A physician's guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Health and Disease and Life and Death
2021-11-20
tiny.ag/lrnyb5qs · ★★☆☆ Fair (346 ratings) · submitted 1997
Art is the lie that makes us realize the truth.
2021-11-19
tiny.ag/a0oxkbo4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (380 ratings) · submitted 1997
I think, therefore I am.
2021-11-18
tiny.ag/ho6hzfu5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (642 ratings) · submitted 1997
A political machine is a united minority working against a divided majority.
Unknown, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics
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