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Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist
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tiny.ag/z91tc0go · submitted 1997
It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.
tiny.ag/g6oi3hzo · submitted 1997
We trained hard, but it seemed that everytime we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralization.
Unknown, (sometimes incorrectly attributed to Petronius Arbiter), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/zcorimat · submitted 1997
The scriptures teach us the best way of living, the noblest ways of suffering, and the most comfortable ways of dying.
tiny.ag/uijwr4e3 · submitted 1997
To err is human, to forgive unusual.
tiny.ag/zpdgt5p3 · submitted 1997
The secret to life is that there is no secret.
tiny.ag/vm8pwhyr · submitted 1998 by nthomas
The strong take from the weak, but the smart take from the strong.
tiny.ag/kvmrkdxc · submitted 1997
The sum of the intelligence on the planet is a constant; the population is growing.
tiny.ag/nbrpkw6o · submitted 1997
The surest sign that a man is in love is when he divorces his wife.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/eoiuzgcy · submitted 1997
The surest way of having something done is to forbid your kids to do it.
tiny.ag/juykxd68 · submitted 1997
The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe.
Unknown, (Russian proverb), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/d0mk6ixb · submitted 1997
The trouble with doing something right the first time is that nobody appreciates how difficult it was.
tiny.ag/2upsgaxe · submitted 1997
The way to make a small fortune in the commodities market is to start with a large fortune.
tiny.ag/w4srf1nw · submitted 1997
The world is governed more by appearance than realities, so it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as it is to know it.
tiny.ag/f1l2esy8 · submitted 1997
Theft from a single author is plagiarism. Theft from two is comparative study. Theft from three or more is research.
tiny.ag/yevckcm5 · submitted 1997
There are a lot of ways to become a failure, but never taking a chance is the most successful.
tiny.ag/r3bhbgos · submitted 1997
To err is human, but to really foul things up requires a computer.
tiny.ag/wnvuqdit · submitted 1997
There is no difference between a wise man and a fool when they fall in love.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/d0mhaxyw · submitted 1997
Time is God's way of keeping everything from happening at once.
tiny.ag/pb2gjrze · submitted 1997
To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.
tiny.ag/h6nrslrd · submitted 1997
There are two types of people: those who divide people into two types, and those who don't.
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