Aphorism of the Day
This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.
Every single day, a very sophisticated computer running state of the art software carefully picks an aphorism from the collection and sends it out to all the nice people who have subscribed to the Aphorism of the Day. If you want to be one of these nice people, create a user profile and start a subscription.
1–10 (1850)
2026-04-14
tiny.ag/gymh6otw · submitted 1997
Man is the only animal that blushes -- or needs to.
2026-04-13
tiny.ag/pwxgqowu · submitted 1997
We don't see things as they are. We see things as we are.
2026-04-12
tiny.ag/bn17or2l · submitted 1997
I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it.
2026-04-11
tiny.ag/k41czawu · submitted 1997
Weiler's Law: Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
2026-04-10
tiny.ag/v0yeshan · submitted 1997
I'm not afraid of work... I can even sleep beside it.
2026-04-09
tiny.ag/losztnwc · submitted 1997
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
Albert Einstein, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
2026-04-08
tiny.ag/ceh5zfoy · submitted 1997
There are two reasons for doing something: a really good reason and the real reason.
2026-04-07
tiny.ag/ltngvuik · submitted 1997
The burden is equal to the horse's strength.
Unknown, (The Talmud), in Work and Recreation
2026-04-06
tiny.ag/vwaksnik · submitted 1997
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
2026-04-05
tiny.ag/wva2bjoz · submitted 1997
I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and realised that I had dug my own grave.
Dominic, (on the psychology of a gambler), in Life and Death and Success and Failure
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