Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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tiny.ag/fwdapxsq · submitted 1997
The art of giving is perfected through anonymity.
tiny.ag/xysizfch · submitted 1997
The key to heaven's gate cannot be duplicated.
tiny.ag/gf6ry8xs · submitted 1997
Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.
tiny.ag/rlehkt4m · submitted 1997
Smile, it's free therapy.
tiny.ag/fjmqiepc · submitted 1997
Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye.
tiny.ag/2cihxuml · submitted 1997
Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.
tiny.ag/nxpusxd1 · submitted 1997
Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others.
tiny.ag/bggvrf05 · submitted 1997
If you love something, turn it loose. If it doesn't come back, kill it!
tiny.ag/vpchszet · submitted 1997
If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?
tiny.ag/hjysnvry · submitted 1997
If it looks like shit, smells like shit, mail it to your enemy -- he'll know what to do with it.
tiny.ag/dochckvh · submitted 1997
By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell -- and hell heaven. The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed.
Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/znd6chuu · submitted 1997
I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few.
tiny.ag/0iltdhzx · submitted 1997
The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.
tiny.ag/bnnutdd7 · submitted 1997
Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket.
tiny.ag/pmag8qvw · submitted 1997
Buying a lie is one thing, giving it away for free is quite another.
tiny.ag/ooxlc4p0 · submitted 1997
Boring people are a reflection of boring people.
tiny.ag/j0vq6ox3 · submitted 1997
Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.
tiny.ag/nzeorxiy · submitted 1997
Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
tiny.ag/mcsdq3k5 · submitted 1997
A learned County Court judge in a book of memoirs recently said that the overwhelming amount of his time on the bench was taken up "with people who are persuaded by persons whom they do not know to enter into contracts that they do not understand to purchase goods that they do not want with money that they have not got."
tiny.ag/7guwnmr1 · submitted 1997
I don't want any "yes-men" around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs.
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