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 (1859)
2026-11-03
tiny.ag/ooxlc4p0 · submitted 1997
Boring people are a reflection of boring people.
2026-11-02
tiny.ag/oxoy2gsu · submitted 1997
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
2026-11-01
tiny.ag/hq8w7xao · submitted 1997
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
2026-10-31
tiny.ag/ojk8xbtj · submitted 1997
Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Altruism and Cynicism
2026-10-30
tiny.ag/ybv1maqw · submitted 1997 by Gord Weitzel
One man's ceiling is another man's floor.
2026-10-29
tiny.ag/jcmxo4ir · submitted 1997
If there is anything better than being loved, it's loving.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
2026-10-28
tiny.ag/rci53dro · submitted 1997
Education makes people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern, but impossible to enslave.
2026-10-27
tiny.ag/apirm627 · submitted 1997
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
2026-10-26
tiny.ag/tf9fn0vv · submitted 1997
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
2026-10-25
tiny.ag/mrepdhu2 · submitted 1997
People who don't think probably don't have brains; rather, they have grey fluff that's blown into their heads by mistake.
Joan Powers, Pooh's Little Instruction Book, in Wisdom and Ignorance
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