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Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist
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tiny.ag/xzi3am2h · submitted 1997
Drawing on my fine command of language, I said nothing.
tiny.ag/vbn3b1au · submitted 1997
Ducharm's Axiom: If you view your problem closely enough you will recognize yourself as part of the problem.
Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/jnvbea3l · submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
tiny.ag/ncueqfib · submitted 1997
Eat a live toad in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day.
tiny.ag/2uk6i3ep · submitted 1997
Even a blind pig in a blizzard finds an acorn once in a while.
tiny.ag/k4nebyuf · submitted 1999 by Austin Holmes
Even if you aren't making money at your job, but doing something you love to do, you are a true success.
tiny.ag/s45yjewi · submitted 1997
God wisely designed the human body so that we can neither pat our own backs nor kick ourselves too easily.
tiny.ag/qkyrww23 · submitted 1997
First Rule of History: History doesn't repeat itself -- historians merely repeat each other.
tiny.ag/lkbki8ft · submitted 1997
For those who fight for it, life has a flavor the sheltered will never know.
tiny.ag/xl1yrua8 · submitted 1997
George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but he also admitted doing it. Now, do you know why his father didn't punish him? Because George still had the axe in his hand.
tiny.ag/51wy2e6t · submitted (updated 5:20)
Give a man a fish and he'll ask for a lemon. Teach a man to fish and he'll leave work early on Friday.
tiny.ag/xjb1ypdu · submitted 1997
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Unknown, (Chinese proverb), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/rfwbcxnu · submitted 1997
God gives every bird his worm, but he doesn't throw it into the nest.
tiny.ag/ximercsy · submitted 1997
God gives the nuts, but he doesn't crack them.
Unknown, (German proverb), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/milcq4ya · submitted 1997
Grinnell's Law of Labor Laxity: At all times, for any task, you have not got enough done today.
tiny.ag/icgo06ph · submitted 1997
Harrisberger's Fourth Law of the Lab: Experience is directly proportional to the amount of equipment ruined.
tiny.ag/dmjofbk9 · submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester
Hard work pays off in the future. Laziness pays off now.
tiny.ag/vdu1almu · submitted 1997
Happiness isn't getting what you want, it's wanting what you've got.
tiny.ag/xadsxg7n · submitted 1997
First Law of Bicycling: No matter where you're going, it's uphill and against the wind.
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