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Altruism and Cynicism
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Commenttiny.ag/oswh8aui · ★★☆☆ Fair (231 ratings) · submitted 1997
The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.
Commenttiny.ag/j6nzwwaa · ★★☆☆ Fair (223 ratings) · submitted 1997
There's a fine line between participation and mockery.
Commenttiny.ag/khsvt6in · ★★☆☆ Fair (319 ratings) · submitted 1997 ·
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
Commenttiny.ag/mgrteolp · ★★☆☆ Fair (258 ratings) · submitted 2011 by peter
Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.
Robert J. Hanlon, in Altruism and Cynicism and Vice and Virtue
Commenttiny.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.
Commenttiny.ag/ceh5zfoy · ★★☆☆ Fair (249 ratings) · submitted 1997
There are two reasons for doing something: a really good reason and the real reason.
Commenttiny.ag/l9jtfiar · ★★☆☆ Fair (249 ratings) · submitted 1997
To err is human, to blame the next guy even more so.
Commenttiny.ag/u1yhdeyw · ★★☆☆ Fair (819 ratings) · submitted 1999
Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
Commenttiny.ag/zm6nq4mh · ★★☆☆ Fair (257 ratings) · submitted 1997
We should forgive our enemies, but only after they've been taken out and shot.
Commenttiny.ag/jwsmtwxg · ★★☆☆ Fair (281 ratings) · submitted 1997
Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting out of the way before it is understood.
Commenttiny.ag/donivp2q · ★★☆☆ Fair (221 ratings) · submitted 1997
Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his head.
Commenttiny.ag/ffrhkz8y · ★★☆☆ Fair (257 ratings) · submitted 1997
The Golden Rule: whoever has the gold makes the rules.
Commenttiny.ag/siw5bfv8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (243 ratings) · submitted 1997 ·
Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe.
Unknown, (old family saying from Ireland), in Altruism and Cynicism
Commenttiny.ag/cercjjq0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (239 ratings) · submitted 1997
Love your enemies: they'll go crazy trying to figure out what you're up to.
Commenttiny.ag/dv1lo7ef · ★★☆☆ Fair (332 ratings) · submitted 1997
Money is the root of all evil, and man needs roots.
Commenttiny.ag/ncguuawn · ★★☆☆ Fair (225 ratings) · submitted 1997
Never ask the barber if you need a haircut.
Commenttiny.ag/scie9t27 · ★★☆☆ Fair (230 ratings) · submitted 1997
Never deprive someone of hope -- it may be all they have.
Commenttiny.ag/z1irlfxp · ★★☆☆ Fair (251 ratings) · submitted 1997
Once you've tried to change the world you find it's a whole bunch easier to change your mind.
Commenttiny.ag/ajwgbtvf · ★★☆☆ Fair (229 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you were arrested for kindness, would there be enough evidence to convict you?
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