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Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist
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tiny.ag/hhdwpvkc · submitted 1997
To get something done, a committee should consist of no more than three men, two of them absent.
tiny.ag/r9askkgd · submitted 1997
It usually takes a long time to find a shorter way.
tiny.ag/bafxiwkf · submitted 1997
If you treat a person as he is, he will remain as he is. If you treat him for what he could be, he will become what he could be.
tiny.ag/ulyprgno · submitted 1997
It takes 8,460 bolts to assemble an automobile, and one nut to scatter it all over the road.
Unknown, (bumper sticker), in Life and Death
tiny.ag/s7ezrvqx · submitted 1997
It seems like the less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag.
Unknown, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/2wniecpg · submitted 1997
It is said that the lonely eagle flies to the mountain peaks while the lowly ant crawls the ground, but cannot the soul of the ant soar as high as the eagle?
tiny.ag/tmqynfg7 · submitted 1997
It is not the horse that draws the cart, but the oats.
Unknown, (Russian proverb), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/xqe7yfma · submitted 1997
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
tiny.ag/xmilhqgd · submitted 1997
It is impossible to defend perfectly against the attack of those who want to die.
Unknown, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/mznhvk59 · submitted 1997
It is easier to point the finger than to offer a helping hand.
tiny.ag/uc5f23qi · submitted 1997
It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
tiny.ag/d4uzlrvm · submitted 1997
It is always better to fail in doing something than to excel in doing nothing.
tiny.ag/u1iblda0 · submitted 1997
It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize you are in a hurry.
tiny.ag/1kbmhsw6 · submitted 1997
In politics people work hard to get a job and do little after they get it.
Unknown, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics
tiny.ag/mefigsvw · submitted 1997
Living your life is a task so difficult, it has never been attempted before.
tiny.ag/ajwgbtvf · submitted 1997
If you were arrested for kindness, would there be enough evidence to convict you?
tiny.ag/f8mrmb30 · submitted 1997
If you wish you be like someone else, you waste the person you are.
tiny.ag/90upthng · submitted 1999
If you're here, you're alive.
tiny.ag/ohvcxj98 · submitted 1997
Imbesi's Law with Freeman's Extension: In order for something to become clean, something else must become dirty; but you can get everything dirty without getting anything clean.
tiny.ag/jlbzkcea · submitted 1997
Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world.
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