Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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tiny.ag/xjumrw8y · submitted 1997
Everything is controlled by a small evil group to which, unfortunately, no one we know belongs.
tiny.ag/0fbye8uj · submitted 1997
Beat your own and others will fear you.
Unknown, (Russian proverb), in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/dx8nfe71 · submitted 1997
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Unknown, (Chinese proverb), in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/ugaap1m5 · submitted 1997
Cynics are made, not born.
tiny.ag/p7q95xlg · submitted 1997
Hypocrisy is the vaseline of social intercourse.
tiny.ag/xl1yrua8 · submitted 1997
George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but he also admitted doing it. Now, do you know why his father didn't punish him? Because George still had the axe in his hand.
tiny.ag/kf8mzunf · submitted 1997
Don't tell any big lies today. Small ones can be just as effective.
tiny.ag/e6ekgqrh · submitted 1997
Familiarity breeds contempt.
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/mjjtqyix · submitted 1997
An excuse is the mark of a moral coward.
tiny.ag/bahg3dko · submitted 1997
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
tiny.ag/9einaqki · submitted 1997
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
Jean Cocteau, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/cjkab7en · submitted 1997
I can resist everything except temptation.
tiny.ag/vwaksnik · submitted 1997
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
tiny.ag/0fxuodhb · submitted 1997
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
tiny.ag/knyvxbon · submitted 1997
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
tiny.ag/uapy9tbq · submitted 1997
A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.
tiny.ag/kd1gueir · submitted 1997
A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
tiny.ag/9djxhqx6 · submitted 1997
If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
tiny.ag/td1vfiu9 · submitted 1997
Cynics regard everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regard everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
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