Aphorism of the Day
This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.
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1–10 (1851)
2026-06-15
tiny.ag/dhkq0tg9 · submitted 1997
All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism.
2026-06-14
tiny.ag/dc6pcq9o · submitted 1997
All men naturally desire knowledge.
2026-06-13
tiny.ag/0jnrf9e2 · submitted 1997
Nothing good ever ends.
2026-06-12
tiny.ag/gu6tloek · submitted 1997
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.
Simon Cameron, in Altruism and Cynicism and Law and Politics
2026-06-11
tiny.ag/nuplbfta · submitted 1997
The economy depends about as much on economists as the weather does on weather forecasters.
Jean-Paul Kauffmann, in Science and Religion and Wealth and Poverty
2026-06-10
tiny.ag/hni90jff · submitted 1997
Not everyone born in a stable thinks himself a horse.
2026-06-09
tiny.ag/o1xf5nap · submitted 1997
If a feller says, "It's not the money, it's the principle of the thing," it's the money.
2026-06-08
tiny.ag/bv7l94mp · submitted 1997
When the water starts boiling it is foolish to turn off the heat.
2026-06-07
tiny.ag/asaliq9g · submitted 1997
I live for books.
Thomas Jefferson, in Art and Literature and Wisdom and Ignorance
2026-06-06
tiny.ag/4hqstejw · submitted 1997
A fool must now and then be right by chance.
William Cowper, Conversation, in Wisdom and Ignorance
1–10 (1851)