Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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tiny.ag/ugaap1m5 · submitted 1997
Cynics are made, not born.
tiny.ag/vr4hxjva · submitted 1997
Egoist: A person of low taste, more interested in themselves than in me.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/dxvyak3f · submitted 1997
Eulogy: Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/dzggn7ah · submitted 1997
Politeness: The most acceptable hypocrisy.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/ixcdrxvs · submitted 1997
The covers of this book are too far apart.
tiny.ag/0fxuodhb · submitted 1997
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
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/0fbye8uj · submitted 1997
Beat your own and others will fear you.
Unknown, (Russian proverb), in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/uapy9tbq · submitted 1997
A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.
tiny.ag/dx8nfe71 · submitted 1997
Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness.
Unknown, (Chinese proverb), in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/k8lcsqdw · submitted 1997
Heck, what's a little extortion among friends?
Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes, in Altruism and Cynicism
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/58hbs9pq · submitted 1997
It's not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts.
tiny.ag/dliywafc · submitted 1997
I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?
Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/jsphv1u4 · submitted 1999
A cynic is one who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
tiny.ag/amzxlbug · submitted 1997
All humans are hypocrites; the biggest hypocrite of all is the one who claims to detest hypocrisy.
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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