Aphorism of the Day
This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.
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1–10 (1805)
2024-09-12
tiny.ag/npf5ywfi · ★★☆☆ Fair (473 ratings) · submitted 1997
He that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
2024-09-11
tiny.ag/r0a9zwmr · ★★☆☆ Fair (121 ratings) · submitted 1997
In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French; I never did succeed in making those idiots understand their language.
2024-09-10
tiny.ag/qy3grjnv · ★★☆☆ Fair (274 ratings) · submitted 1997
You can't have everything. Where would you put it?
2024-09-09
tiny.ag/15hrdjm4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (472 ratings) · submitted 1997
Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
2024-09-08
tiny.ag/hvtkmq8l · ★★☆☆ Fair (154 ratings) · submitted 1997
Strong words are required for weak principles.
Doug Horton, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
2024-09-07
tiny.ag/otklgivp · ★★☆☆ Fair (813 ratings) · submitted 1999
Living well is the best revenge.
George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum, in Happiness and Misery
2024-09-06
tiny.ag/t7gxzovf · ★★☆☆ Fair (215 ratings) · submitted 1997
If voting should change anything, there would be a law against it.
2024-09-05
tiny.ag/wjruna0x · ★★☆☆ Fair (394 ratings) · submitted 1997
The gods too are fond of a joke.
2024-09-04
tiny.ag/kh5vp34e · ★★☆☆ Fair (924 ratings) · submitted 1997
The hands that help are better far than the lips that pray.
2024-09-03
tiny.ag/ordtalmq · ★★☆☆ Fair (242 ratings) · submitted 1997
What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.
1–10 (1805)