Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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tiny.ag/58hbs9pq · submitted 1997
It's not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts.
tiny.ag/lvmeyokh · submitted 1997
Though I am not naturally honest, I am so sometimes by chance.
tiny.ag/vgoawlvx · submitted 1997
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a weary world.
tiny.ag/q93dw7gi · submitted 1997
Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace.
tiny.ag/euochyxn · submitted 1997
The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made.
Daniel Schorr, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/ixldmygb · submitted 1997
A reasonable man adapts himself to suit his environment. An unreasonable man persists in attempting to adapt his environment to suit himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.
George Bernard Shaw, in Altruism and Cynicism and Vice and Virtue
tiny.ag/7hdzmwue · submitted 1997
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid.
George Bernard Shaw, in Altruism and Cynicism and Vice and Virtue
tiny.ag/itutlzy5 · submitted 1997
The power of accurate observation is frequently called cynicism by those who don't have it.
tiny.ag/9m1hmtxp · submitted 1997
When a man wants to murder a tiger, it's called sport; when the tiger wants to murder him, it's called ferocity.
tiny.ag/khsvt6in · submitted 1997
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
tiny.ag/oswh8aui · submitted 1997
The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.
tiny.ag/j6nzwwaa · submitted 1997
There's a fine line between participation and mockery.
tiny.ag/iobj0muk · submitted 1997
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
tiny.ag/lhf5xdsj · submitted 1997
Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil.
Ayn Rand, (commencement speech to Naval Academy), in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/pjkyl6oi · submitted 1997
An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.
tiny.ag/fjkyccqy · submitted 1997
In this world, there is one terrible thing, and that is that everyone has his reasons.
tiny.ag/t4nrvjai · submitted 1997
A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.
Joan Powers, Pooh's Little Instruction Book, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/458vctqs · submitted 1997
I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room.
tiny.ag/k40t75a9 · submitted 1997
No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
tiny.ag/u1edofwc · submitted 1997
One nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.
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