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Aphorism of the Day

This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.

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2012-02-18

tiny.ag/1xhfeiwu  ·  submitted 1997

Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.

Gilbert K. Chesterton, in Science and Religion

2012-02-15

tiny.ag/rdqgrf59  ·  submitted 1997

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Abraham Lincoln, in Vice and Virtue

2012-02-07

tiny.ag/9wpbcvqn  ·  submitted 1997

Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

Mae West, in Love and Hate

2012-01-28

tiny.ag/z1auvpyn  ·  submitted 1997

A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

2012-01-26

tiny.ag/pb2gjrze  ·  submitted 1997

To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

2012-01-21

tiny.ag/60xih5fm  ·  submitted 1997

If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.

Quentin Crisp, in Success and Failure

2012-01-17

tiny.ag/8acgevbd  ·  submitted 1997

I predict that exact reproduction through cloning will not become popular. Too many people already find it difficult to live with themselves.

Jeanne Dixon, in Science and Religion

2011-12-16

tiny.ag/lkf1oudx  ·  submitted 1997

A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

2011-11-22

tiny.ag/zzbstsyk  ·  submitted 1997

If the aborigine drafted an I.Q. test, all of Western civilization would presumably flunk it.

Stanley Garn, in Wisdom and Ignorance

2011-11-16

tiny.ag/2upsgaxe  ·  submitted 1997

The way to make a small fortune in the commodities market is to start with a large fortune.

Unknown, in Wealth and Poverty