Aphorism of the Day
This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.
Every single day, a very sophisticated computer running state of the art software carefully picks an aphorism from the collection and sends it out to all the nice people who have subscribed to the Aphorism of the Day. If you want to be one of these nice people, create a user profile and start a subscription.
1–10 (1815)
2024-11-21
tiny.ag/hmqvyuqz · submitted 1997
There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.
2024-11-20
tiny.ag/57fvsz6t · submitted 1997
No good deed goes unpunished.
2024-11-19
tiny.ag/gsfxhwto · submitted 1997
Genius is an infinite capacity for taking pains.
2024-11-18
tiny.ag/nht7uyvu · submitted 1997
Truth is the cry of all, but the game of the few.
George Berkeley, Siris, 1744
2024-11-17
tiny.ag/nqpwl3vp · submitted 1997
Fiction is obliged to stick to possibilities. Truth isn't.
2024-11-16
tiny.ag/hq8w7xao · submitted 1997
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
2024-11-15
tiny.ag/atvevbqc · submitted 1997
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
2024-11-14
tiny.ag/bague6sg · submitted 1997
A great teacher never strives to explain his vision. He simply invites you to stand beside him and see for yourself.
2024-11-13
tiny.ag/2cctxyhg · submitted 1997
If we fight a war and win it with H-bombs, what history will remember is not the ideals we were fighting for but the methods we used to accomplish them. These methods will be compared to the warfare of Genghis Khan who ruthlessly killed every last inhabitant of Persia.
2024-11-12
tiny.ag/mabd7tri · submitted 1997
Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to.
1–10 (1815)