Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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tiny.ag/dxvyak3f · ★★☆☆ Fair (922 ratings) · submitted 1997
Eulogy: Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/dzggn7ah · ★★☆☆ Fair (916 ratings) · submitted 1997
Politeness: The most acceptable hypocrisy.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/ixcdrxvs · ★★☆☆ Fair (249 ratings) · submitted 1997
The covers of this book are too far apart.
tiny.ag/57fvsz6t · ★★☆☆ Fair (230 ratings) · submitted 1997
No good deed goes unpunished.
tiny.ag/kje1nil8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (339 ratings) · submitted 1997
Grub first, then ethics.
tiny.ag/co7binat · ★★☆☆ Fair (223 ratings) · submitted 1997
The simplest act of surrealism is to walk out into the street, gun in hand, and shoot at random.
tiny.ag/eh4xjmzt · ★★☆☆ Fair (188 ratings) · submitted 1997
Love thy neighbor as thyself, but choose your neighborhood.
tiny.ag/ojk8xbtj · ★★☆☆ Fair (981 ratings) · submitted 1997
Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/vr4hxjva · ★★☆☆ Fair (1237 ratings) · submitted 1997
Egoist: A person of low taste, more interested in themselves than in me.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/oswh8aui · ★★☆☆ Fair (231 ratings) · submitted 1997
The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.
tiny.ag/khsvt6in · ★★☆☆ Fair (319 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
tiny.ag/j6nzwwaa · ★★☆☆ Fair (223 ratings) · submitted 1997
There's a fine line between participation and mockery.
tiny.ag/nqcfjvh0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (57 ratings) · submitted 1997
Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams.
tiny.ag/avosjwgh · ★★☆☆ Fair (324 ratings) · submitted 1997
I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.
tiny.ag/sc3tpgkp · ★★☆☆ Fair (174 ratings) · submitted 1997
We have met the enemy, and he is us.
tiny.ag/mnrh4p2b · ★★☆☆ Fair (608 ratings) · submitted 1997
Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
John F. Kennedy, in Altruism and Cynicism and Vice and Virtue
tiny.ag/uaqbnf1k · ★★☆☆ Fair (316 ratings) · submitted 1997
All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.
tiny.ag/q5s2gnzy · ★★☆☆ Fair (76 ratings) · submitted 1997
Television has proved that people will look at anything rather than each other.
tiny.ag/r3gvjlqa · ★★☆☆ Fair (192 ratings) · submitted 1997
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
tiny.ag/tnirgb8y · ★★☆☆ Fair (187 ratings) · submitted 1997
Conscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody is looking.
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