Aphorism of the Day

Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.

Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Science and Religion

A diet is when you watch what you eat and wish you could eat what you watch.

Hermione Gingold, in Food and Drink

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

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; when it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.... While it lies there, it needs no constitution, no law, no court to save it.

Unknown, in Law and Politics

If there is a wrong way to do something, then someone will do it.

Edward A. Murphy, Jr., in Success and Failure

The early bird catches the worm.

Unknown, in Work and Recreation

There's always an easy solution to every human problem -- neat, plausible, and wrong.

Henry Louis Mencken, in Altruism and Cynicism and Science and Religion

Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

Lily Tomlin, in Success and Failure

It does not take much strength to do things, but it takes great strength to know what to do.

Jess Lair, in Vice and Virtue

Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Search for meaning, eat, sleep. Die, search for meaning, search for meaning, search for meaning.

Doug Horton, in Life and Death