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Aphorism of the Day

This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.

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2025-11-17

tiny.ag/yvhq4tf0  ·  submitted 1997

The essence of true friendship is to make allowances for another's little lapses.

David Storey, in Love and Hate

2025-11-16

tiny.ag/o5xbszuz  ·  submitted 1997

There's many a bestseller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.

Flannery O'Connor, in Art and Literature

2025-11-15

tiny.ag/fed8pqej  ·  submitted 1997 by David Epstein

Disorder increases with time because we measure time in the direction in which disorder increases.

Stephen Hawking, in Science and Religion

2025-11-14

tiny.ag/ezridljt  ·  submitted 1997

The IQ of the group is the lowest IQ of a member of the group divided by the number of people in the group.

Unknown, in Wisdom and Ignorance

2025-11-13

tiny.ag/jlmjkna4  ·  submitted 1997

When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.

Unknown, in Success and Failure

2025-11-12

tiny.ag/ngzn3ekd  ·  submitted 1997

The opposite of love is not hate, the opposite of love is ignorance.

Brian Hwang, in Love and Hate

2025-11-11

tiny.ag/bayzpj4i  ·  submitted 1997

Biology is the only science in which multiplication means the same thing as division.

Unknown, in Science and Religion

2025-11-10

tiny.ag/p7q95xlg  ·  submitted 1997

Hypocrisy is the vaseline of social intercourse.

Unknown, in Altruism and Cynicism

2025-11-09

tiny.ag/s0wemj5y  ·  submitted 1997

A large brain, like large government, may not be able to do simple things in a simple way.

Donald O. Hebb, in Wisdom and Ignorance

2025-11-08

tiny.ag/no2pawla  ·  submitted 1997

Do not believe in miracles -- rely on them.

Unknown, in Success and Failure