Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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tiny.ag/xhg05ovb · submitted 1997
I never know how much of what I say is true.
tiny.ag/rxylykkp · submitted 1997
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
tiny.ag/crm6g7ll · submitted 1997
We can do no great things; only small things with great love.
tiny.ag/f9zmepch · submitted 1997
He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.
tiny.ag/pl60skge · submitted 1997
Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.
tiny.ag/4eq50acu · submitted 1997
All lies are told with a straight face. It is truth that's said with a dismissive giggle.
tiny.ag/aoh5h6tb · submitted 1999
Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.
P. J. O'Rourke, All the Trouble in the World, in Altruism and Cynicism and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/3vps8ao4 · submitted 1998 by Caleb Ronsen
If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever.
George Orwell, 1984, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/eh4xjmzt · submitted 1997
Love thy neighbor as thyself, but choose your neighborhood.
tiny.ag/9xelzoym · submitted 1997
Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think, and a docudrama with ugly actors for those who film docudramas.
tiny.ag/p2zj718l · submitted 1997
The only absolute knowledge worth attaining is that your life is meaningless. -- My life? Well now, that's another story...
tiny.ag/rx3wkhug · submitted 1997
You are cautious in showing your true self to others. Have you thought about plastic surgery?
tiny.ag/qr9ysjed · submitted 1997
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
tiny.ag/bx0vlces · submitted 1997
Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else -- unless it is an enemy.
Albert Einstein, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/r3gvjlqa · submitted 1997
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
tiny.ag/vlei56tn · submitted 1997
Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.
tiny.ag/bsgtnfh5 · submitted 1997
tiny.ag/dhapqbwl · submitted 1997
Have a strong mind and a soft heart.
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/purgb27l · submitted 1997
A dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit.
tiny.ag/1make2qd · submitted 1997
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