Submissions
These aphorisms have been submitted by users but are not (yet) included in the official collection.
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tiny.ag/jtfjfvph · ★★☆☆ Fair (24 ratings) · submitted 2001
"If people are determined to dislike me, I am determined to give them good cause. There is nothing more tragic than misplaced contempt."
E. H. Munro, http://ehmunro.munroco.com
tiny.ag/kgbpqm2m · ★★☆☆ Fair (31 ratings) · submitted 2001
"An annoyingly cheery person told me that I ought smile as frowning required the use of 42 muscles and smiling a mere 16. I politely informed them that I was exercising."
E. H. Munro, http://ehmunro.munroco.com
tiny.ag/gz2yt4e5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (31 ratings) · submitted 2001
Eco-activists would sacrifice everything to preserve the timber wolf's pristine natural habitat--- while the timber wolf would chuck that same habitat in a second for a can opener, a crate of alpo, and a working pair of opposable thumbs.
tiny.ag/rk2nge75 · ★★☆☆ Fair (40 ratings) · submitted 2001
Only Man, of all God's creatures, could breed fools capable of believing it a virtue to live like a beast.
tiny.ag/lnp5czao · ★★☆☆ Fair (28 ratings) · submitted 2001
The vital difference between man and beast is their relationship to nature. A Man subdues it and rises above it; A Beast is nothing but a helpless victim of it.
tiny.ag/vpawnd5g · ★★☆☆ Fair (34 ratings) · submitted 2001
Nothing makes girls so pretty as alcohol and closing hour.
Unknown, Translation of a traditional quote
tiny.ag/gjcx5n8k · ★★☆☆ Fair (17 ratings) · submitted 2001
I say as the Chinese; the future is like a baboonÂ’s ass. ItÂ’s bright and full of shit.
Unknown, Translation from the cartoon Arne Anka
tiny.ag/tsbxv2y9 · ★★☆☆ Fair (26 ratings) · submitted 2001
This moments fade away like teardrops in the rain
?, from the movie "Bladerunner"
tiny.ag/m0hxvcbs · ★★☆☆ Fair (22 ratings) · submitted 2001
You have to struggle so things can happen by themselves
tiny.ag/i275phdf · ★★☆☆ Fair (22 ratings) · submitted 2001
The one who does not face the wave gets caught by it
tiny.ag/azr4wce8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (21 ratings) · submitted 2001
Where there is no shell there is no nakedness to hide
tiny.ag/nkrwy0if · ★★☆☆ Fair (29 ratings) · submitted 2001
Every mistake is a step towards what may become right
tiny.ag/zw8hiv65 · ★★☆☆ Fair (25 ratings) · submitted 2001
Only the one who can set his own limits can be really close to others
tiny.ag/geujijy4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (52 ratings) · submitted 2001
To wait for the perfect is a perfect way of waiting
tiny.ag/arwtm0ks · ★★☆☆ Fair (52 ratings) · submitted 2001
It is easier to go with the majority and know it is wrong than to go against the majority and believe it is right
tiny.ag/64vmrsqd · ★★☆☆ Fair (55 ratings) · submitted 2001
Where there is room for confusion, there is room for new thoughts
tiny.ag/mjuvgjyq · ★★☆☆ Fair (47 ratings) · submitted 2001
A creek that is cut off finds other ways
tiny.ag/qtbxr8wf · ★★☆☆ Fair (45 ratings) · submitted 2001
The one who challenges himself, forms his own path
tiny.ag/ehoftjar · ★★☆☆ Fair (39 ratings) · submitted 2001
The clue is to come with improper comments at the proper places
tiny.ag/prjtndza · ★★☆☆ Fair (37 ratings) · submitted 2001
If you want to understant something, try to change it
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