Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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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/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/bnnutdd7 · submitted 1997
Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket.
tiny.ag/j0vq6ox3 · submitted 1997
Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.
tiny.ag/ooxlc4p0 · submitted 1997
Boring people are a reflection of boring people.
tiny.ag/pmag8qvw · submitted 1997
Buying a lie is one thing, giving it away for free is quite another.
tiny.ag/hjysnvry · submitted 1997
If it looks like shit, smells like shit, mail it to your enemy -- he'll know what to do with it.
tiny.ag/vpchszet · submitted 1997
If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?
tiny.ag/bggvrf05 · submitted 1997
If you love something, turn it loose. If it doesn't come back, kill it!
tiny.ag/nxpusxd1 · submitted 1997
Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others.
tiny.ag/2cihxuml · submitted 1997
Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.
tiny.ag/rxylykkp · submitted 1997
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
tiny.ag/crm6g7ll · submitted 1997
We can do no great things; only small things with great love.
tiny.ag/f9zmepch · submitted 1997
He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.
tiny.ag/pl60skge · submitted 1997
Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.
tiny.ag/aoh5h6tb · submitted 1999
Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.
P. J. O'Rourke, All the Trouble in the World, in Altruism and Cynicism and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/4eq50acu · submitted 1997
All lies are told with a straight face. It is truth that's said with a dismissive giggle.
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/3vps8ao4 · submitted 1998 by Caleb Ronsen
If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever.
George Orwell, 1984, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/jwsmtwxg · submitted 1997
Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting out of the way before it is understood.
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