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Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist
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tiny.ag/iuvg5od2 · ★★☆☆ Fair (37 ratings) · submitted 1997
A carelessly planned project takes three times longer to complete than expected; a carefully planned project will take only twice as long.
tiny.ag/5fjxbdkr · ★★☆☆ Fair (111 ratings) · submitted 1997
A life spent making mistakes is not only most honorable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
tiny.ag/fajyrg9v · ★★☆☆ Fair (75 ratings) · submitted 1997
A library is an arsenal of liberty.
tiny.ag/uqnuiixs · ★★☆☆ Fair (152 ratings) · submitted 1997
A liberal is someone too poor to be a capitalist, and too rich to be a communist.
tiny.ag/hkkreg0l · ★★☆☆ Fair (149 ratings) · submitted 1997
A lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.
tiny.ag/zk1y5cnl · ★★☆☆ Fair (76 ratings) · submitted 1997
A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.
tiny.ag/7j6zgqod · ★★☆☆ Fair (359 ratings) · submitted 1997
A diplomat is a man who can convince his wife she'd look stout in a fur coat.
Unknown, in Law and Politics and Men and Women
tiny.ag/6ldwnwhf · ★★☆☆ Fair (14 ratings) · submitted 1997
A day for firm decisions! Or is it?
tiny.ag/ow0faywn · ★★☆☆ Fair (15 ratings) · submitted 1997
A conceited person never gets anywhere because he thinks he is already there.
tiny.ag/27fahwgf · ★★☆☆ Fair (29 ratings) · submitted 1997
A computer can make as many mistakes in two seconds as 20 men working for 20 years.
tiny.ag/i9vof3d6 · ★★☆☆ Fair (290 ratings) · submitted 1997
A budget is just a method of worrying before you spend money, as well as afterward.
tiny.ag/grvjpk8x · ★★☆☆ Fair (748 ratings) · submitted 1997
"Political economy" is a phrase consisting of two incompatible words.
Unknown, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics
tiny.ag/abk7huzh · ★★☆☆ Fair (1236 ratings) · submitted 1997
What a strange game. The only winning move is not to play.
Unknown, (W.O.P.R. computer in War Games), in Success and Failure and War and Peace
tiny.ag/hcgfyxv9 · ★★☆☆ Fair (23 ratings) · submitted 1997
A .44 magnum beats four aces.
tiny.ag/hjgpjdl6 · ★★☆☆ Fair (39 ratings) · submitted 1997
A bend in the road is not the end of the road -- unless you fail to make the turn.
tiny.ag/is34lohk · ★★☆☆ Fair (290 ratings) · submitted 1997
A banker will lend you money only if you can prove you don't need it.
tiny.ag/pnfrcj5n · ★★☆☆ Fair (142 ratings) · submitted 1997
You will break the bow if you keep it always stretched.
tiny.ag/g6oi3hzo · ★★☆☆ Fair (1079 ratings) · submitted 1997
We trained hard, but it seemed that everytime we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency and demoralization.
Unknown, (sometimes incorrectly attributed to Petronius Arbiter), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/up1actjs · ★★☆☆ Fair (444 ratings) · submitted 1997
Decay is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
Unknown, (sometimes, almost certainly incorrectly, attributed to the Buddha), in Life and Death
tiny.ag/z91tc0go · ★★☆☆ Fair (430 ratings) · submitted 1997
It's better to keep your mouth shut and give the impression that you're stupid than to open it and remove all doubt.
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