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Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist
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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/up1actjs · submitted 1997
Decay is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
Unknown, (sometimes, almost certainly incorrectly, attributed to the Buddha), in Life and Death
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/renqzacv · submitted 1997
You're a genius if you fly a kite during a thunderstorm, and discover that lightning is electricity -- but you're an idiot if you fly a kite during a thunderstorm, and discover that lightning can kill you.
Unknown, (from Mad Magazine), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/ypqqlw9y · submitted 1998
Always remember your weapons system was made by the lowest bidder
Unknown, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/tsgrsoaf · submitted 1997
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
tiny.ag/l9jtfiar · submitted 1997
To err is human, to blame the next guy even more so.
tiny.ag/zcorimat · submitted 1997
The scriptures teach us the best way of living, the noblest ways of suffering, and the most comfortable ways of dying.
tiny.ag/zpdgt5p3 · submitted 1997
The secret to life is that there is no secret.
tiny.ag/vm8pwhyr · submitted 1998 by nthomas
The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong.
tiny.ag/kvmrkdxc · submitted 1997
The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.
tiny.ag/nbrpkw6o · submitted 1997
The surest sign that a man is in love is when he divorces his wife.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/eoiuzgcy · submitted 1997
The surest way of having something done is to forbid your kids to do it.
tiny.ag/juykxd68 · submitted 1997
The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe.
Unknown, (Russian proverb), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/d0mk6ixb · submitted 1997
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.
tiny.ag/2upsgaxe · submitted 1997
The way to make a small fortune in the commodities market is to start with a large fortune.
tiny.ag/w4srf1nw · submitted 1997
The world is governed more by appearance than realities, so it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as it is to know it.
tiny.ag/f1l2esy8 · submitted 1997
Theft from a single author is plagiarism. Theft from two is comparative study. Theft from three or more is research.
tiny.ag/wnvuqdit · submitted 1997
There is no difference between a wise man and a fool when they fall in love.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/d0mhaxyw · submitted 1997
Time is God's way of keeping everything from happening at once.
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