Aphorism of the Day

After all is said and done, a lot more is usually said than done.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

One moment on the battlefield is worth a thousand years of peace.

Benito Mussolini, in War and Peace

Any time you think you have influence, try ordering around someone else's dog.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.

Mark Twain, in Altruism and Cynicism

I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it.

Voltaire, in Law and Politics

When you're angry, take a deep breath and count to ten. When you're really angry, swear.

Unknown, in Vice and Virtue

You draw nothing out of the bank of life except what you deposit in it.

Unknown, in Life and Death

I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it.

Voltaire, in Law and Politics

If I were a medical man, I should prescribe a holiday to any patient who considered his work important.

Bertrand Russell, in Work and Recreation

The only thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.

Friedrich Hegel, in Science and Religion