Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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tiny.ag/b4tuds1y · submitted 1997
There's always an easy solution to every human problem -- neat, plausible, and wrong.
Henry Louis Mencken, in Altruism and Cynicism and Science and Religion
tiny.ag/7gz85bqy · submitted 1997
The cynics are right nine times out of ten.
tiny.ag/dx8nfe71 · submitted 1997
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Unknown, (Chinese proverb), in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/0fbye8uj · submitted 1997
Beat your own and others will fear you.
Unknown, (Russian proverb), in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/uapy9tbq · submitted 1997
A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.
tiny.ag/jcmyu3ji · submitted 1997
Demagogue: One who preaches a doctrine he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
tiny.ag/jwmd8ebc · submitted 1997
Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
tiny.ag/tnirgb8y · submitted 1997
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody is looking.
tiny.ag/khsvt6in · submitted 1997
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
tiny.ag/avosjwgh · submitted 1997
I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.
tiny.ag/g7qmt4qj · submitted 1997
Welcome thy neighbor into thy fallout shelter. He'll come in handy if you run out of food.
tiny.ag/j6nzwwaa · submitted 1997
There's a fine line between participation and mockery.
tiny.ag/oswh8aui · submitted 1997
The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.
tiny.ag/0fxuodhb · submitted 1997
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
tiny.ag/vwaksnik · submitted 1997
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
tiny.ag/knyvxbon · submitted 1997
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
tiny.ag/td1vfiu9 · submitted 1997
Cynics regard everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regard everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
tiny.ag/9djxhqx6 · submitted 1997
If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
tiny.ag/gymh6otw · submitted 1997
Man is the only animal that blushes -- or needs to.
tiny.ag/q6kxew3z · submitted 1997
Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
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