Aphorism of the Day
This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.
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1–10 (1842)
2025-12-04
tiny.ag/0raepug8 · submitted 1997
Jones' Law: The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.
2025-12-03
tiny.ag/piw4y7md · submitted 1997
If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.
2025-12-02
tiny.ag/h3ssnixk · submitted 1997
Happiness in the present is only shattered by comparison with the past.
2025-12-01
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
2025-11-30
tiny.ag/phdwhmxt · submitted 1997
I prefer the most unjust peace to the most righteous war.
Cicero, in War and Peace
2025-11-29
tiny.ag/bvnk86xs · submitted 1997
No problem is so formidable that you can't walk away from it.
2025-11-28
tiny.ag/hyedkhd2 · submitted 1997
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
2025-11-27
tiny.ag/p0z9jdbr · submitted 1997
Silverman's Law: If Murphy's Law can go wrong, it will.
2025-11-26
tiny.ag/o5og0ube · submitted 1997
A diet is when you watch what you eat and wish you could eat what you watch.
2025-11-25
tiny.ag/4rllto8y · submitted 1999 by Felton Davis, Jr.
If half the lawyers would become plumbers, two of man's biggest problems would be solved.
Felton Davis, Jr., "Reflections on the Lake," published in The Gainesville Times (GA), in Law and Politics
1–10 (1842)