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Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist
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tiny.ag/pnfrcj5n · submitted 1997
You will break the bow if you keep it always stretched.
tiny.ag/g6oi3hzo · submitted 1997
We trained hard, but it seemed that everytime we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralization.
Unknown, (sometimes incorrectly attributed to Petronius Arbiter), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/qse5ziat · submitted 1998
Give a man a fish and he'll ask for a lemon. Teach a man to fish and he'll leave work early on Friday.
tiny.ag/ypqqlw9y · submitted 1998
Always remember your weapons system was made by the lowest bidder
Unknown, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/voscxn53 · submitted 1997
When falling in love, some lose their head, others lose their heart.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/jlmjkna4 · submitted 1997
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
tiny.ag/mdjkyeno · submitted 1997
When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.
Unknown, (Ethiopian proverb), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/ywjorl1b · submitted 1997
When the government fears the people, we have liberty. When the people fear the government, we have tyranny.
tiny.ag/eq4zodra · submitted 1997
When they broke open molecules, they found they were filled with atoms. But when they broke open atoms, they found they were filled with explosions.
tiny.ag/wobuqdw1 · submitted 1997
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Unknown, (Indian proverb), in Life and Death and Vice and Virtue
tiny.ag/ubdtlbzz · submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester
When you're angry, take a deep breath and count to ten. When you're really angry, swear.
tiny.ag/zsldl2jb · submitted 1997
When you've seen one nuclear war, you've seen them all.
Unknown, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/xjrw4zcp · submitted 1997
While anyone can admit to themselves they were wrong, the true test is admission to someone else.
tiny.ag/zeuc9zpa · submitted 1997
While having never invented a sin, I'm trying to perfect several.
tiny.ag/o4tugiae · submitted 1997
While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.
tiny.ag/yy2e1ad8 · submitted 1997
Why bother building any more nuclear warheads until we've used the ones we have?
Unknown, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/bzeqsrni · submitted 1997
Wise men make proverbs; fools repeat them.
tiny.ag/tcrvsd4o · submitted 1997
Women first want to find out what is in your wallet, and second what is in your pants.
Unknown, in Men and Women
tiny.ag/8kw5laiw · submitted 1997
You draw nothing out of the bank of life except what you deposit in it.
tiny.ag/ugcdh8oe · submitted 1997
You may only have two of the three choices: (1) Enjoy your job. (2)Work within the law. (3)Make lots of money.
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