Unknown
Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist
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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.
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/wobuqdw1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (399 ratings) · submitted 1997
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Unknown, (Indian proverb), in Life and Death and Vice and Virtue
tiny.ag/tbra32py · ★★☆☆ Fair (306 ratings) · submitted 1997
Use soft words and hard arguments.
tiny.ag/eq4zodra · ★★☆☆ Fair (250 ratings) · submitted 1997
When they broke open molecules, they found they were filled with atoms. But when they broke open atoms, they found they were filled with explosions.
tiny.ag/ywjorl1b · ★★☆☆ Fair (394 ratings) · submitted 1997
When the government fears the people, we have liberty. When the people fear the government, we have tyranny.
tiny.ag/mdjkyeno · ★★☆☆ Fair (242 ratings) · submitted 1997
When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.
Unknown, (Ethiopian proverb), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/jlmjkna4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (165 ratings) · submitted 1997
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
tiny.ag/voscxn53 · ★★☆☆ Fair (218 ratings) · submitted 1997
When falling in love, some lose their head, others lose their heart.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/idqkjfr5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (895 ratings) · submitted 1997 by Gord Weitzel
When elephants fight, only the grass gets hurt.
Unknown, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/pkfmdhte · ★★☆☆ Fair (210 ratings) · submitted 1997
When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains knowledge, he is an ordinary man.
Unknown, (Zen saying), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/ymbukbew · ★★☆☆ Fair (271 ratings) · submitted 1997
When a man's wife learns to understand him, she usually stops listening to him.
Unknown, in Men and Women
tiny.ag/n51jrfp4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (296 ratings) · submitted 1997
When a female has tears in her eyes the one who cannot see is the male.
Unknown, in Men and Women
tiny.ag/2kf4ndl1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (269 ratings) · submitted 1997
War is menstruation envy.
Unknown, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/y8tf4vup · ★★☆☆ Fair (257 ratings) · submitted 1997
Wasting time is an important part of living.
tiny.ag/r8nedjty · ★★☆☆ Fair (258 ratings) · submitted 1998
Waste not fresh tears over old griefs.
tiny.ag/hzol4xrd · ★★☆☆ Fair (171 ratings) · submitted 1997
Watch for big problems; they disguise big opportunities.
tiny.ag/h54z3wxd · ★★☆☆ Fair (968 ratings) · submitted 1997
Voters are people who have the God-given right to decide who will waste their money for them.
Unknown, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics
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