Aphorism of the Day
This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.
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1731–1740 (1808)
2012-02-18
tiny.ag/1xhfeiwu · submitted 1997
Christianity has not been tried and found wanting; it has been found difficult and not tried.
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.
2012-02-07
tiny.ag/9wpbcvqn · submitted 1997
Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?
2012-01-28
tiny.ag/z1auvpyn · submitted 1997
A little nonsense now and then is cherished by the wisest men.
2012-01-26
tiny.ag/pb2gjrze · submitted 1997
To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.
2012-01-21
tiny.ag/60xih5fm · submitted 1997
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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.
2011-12-16
tiny.ag/lkf1oudx · submitted 1997
A person is just about as big as the things that make them angry.
2011-11-22
tiny.ag/zzbstsyk · submitted 1997
If the aborigine drafted an I.Q. test, all of Western civilization would presumably flunk it.
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.
1731–1740 (1808)