Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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tiny.ag/kf8mzunf · submitted 1997
Don't tell any big lies today. Small ones can be just as effective.
tiny.ag/ugaap1m5 · submitted 1997
Cynics are made, not born.
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/j6nzwwaa · submitted 1997
There's a fine line between participation and mockery.
tiny.ag/0fxuodhb · submitted 1997
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
tiny.ag/jsphv1u4 · submitted 1999
A cynic is one who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
tiny.ag/kd1gueir · submitted 1997
A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
tiny.ag/cjkab7en · submitted 1997
I can resist everything except temptation.
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/9djxhqx6 · submitted 1997
If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
tiny.ag/td1vfiu9 · submitted 1997
Cynics regard everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regard everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
tiny.ag/zm6nq4mh · submitted 1997
We should forgive our enemies, but only after they've been taken out and shot.
tiny.ag/uapy9tbq · submitted 1997
A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.
tiny.ag/ywjorl1b · submitted 1997
When the government fears the people, we have liberty. When the people fear the government, we have tyranny.
tiny.ag/amzxlbug · submitted 1997
All humans are hypocrites; the biggest hypocrite of all is the one who claims to detest hypocrisy.
tiny.ag/5otyux70 · submitted 1997
I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.
tiny.ag/otpgz4zj · submitted 1997
A narcissist is someone better looking than you are.
tiny.ag/r6bo5aic · submitted 1998 by Mark van Essen
Black, white, brown, yellow or even red, we piss with our pants down, and go naked to bed.
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