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 (1833)
2025-06-30
tiny.ag/1bbjwdu7 · submitted 1997
No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern; no idea is so modern that it will not someday be antiquated.
Ellen Glasgow, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
2025-06-29
tiny.ag/he6rec8v · submitted 1997
When ideas fail, words come in very handy.
2025-06-28
tiny.ag/klphp6u7 · submitted 1997
Intolerance of ambiguity is the mark of an authoritarian personality.
2025-06-27
tiny.ag/l4pyn7j8 · submitted 1997
I will answer anything I can with honor, but not about others.
2025-06-26
tiny.ag/sfggj03u · submitted 1997
A woman may very well form a friendship with a man, but for this to endure, it must be assisted by a little physical antipathy.
2025-06-25
tiny.ag/vv4beyfe · submitted 1997
All I want is a warm bed and a kind word and unlimited power.
Ashleigh Brilliant, Brilliant Thoughts (copyright info: www.ashleighbrilliant.com), in Success and Failure
2025-06-24
tiny.ag/nz2qcagl · submitted 1997
Cheer up! Things are getting worse at a slower rate.
2025-06-23
tiny.ag/obxpwig2 · submitted 1997
Being on the tightrope is living; everything else is waiting.
2025-06-22
tiny.ag/5nmog9yu · submitted 1997
In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations, and epochs it is the rule.
Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil, in Law and Politics
2025-06-21
tiny.ag/pxbmzdh5 · submitted 1997
Kites rise highest against the wind -- not with it.
1–10 (1833)