Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
Aphorisms in This Category
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tiny.ag/amzxlbug · ★★☆☆ Fair (148 ratings) · submitted 1997
All humans are hypocrites; the biggest hypocrite of all is the one who claims to detest hypocrisy.
tiny.ag/k8lcsqdw · ★★☆☆ Fair (934 ratings) · submitted 1997
Heck, what's a little extortion among friends?
Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/dliywafc · ★★☆☆ Fair (888 ratings) · submitted 1997
I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor?
Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/jsphv1u4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (1024 ratings) · submitted 1999
A cynic is one who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
tiny.ag/kd1gueir · ★★☆☆ Fair (475 ratings) · submitted 1997
A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
tiny.ag/cjkab7en · ★★☆☆ Fair (466 ratings) · submitted 1997
I can resist everything except temptation.
tiny.ag/vwaksnik · ★★☆☆ Fair (453 ratings) · submitted 1997
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
tiny.ag/0fxuodhb · ★★☆☆ Fair (460 ratings) · submitted 1997
The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple.
tiny.ag/knyvxbon · ★★☆☆ Fair (232 ratings) · submitted 1997
Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong.
tiny.ag/9djxhqx6 · ★★☆☆ Fair (116 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
tiny.ag/td1vfiu9 · ★★☆☆ Fair (121 ratings) · submitted 1997
Cynics regard everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regard everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
tiny.ag/apirm627 · ★★☆☆ Fair (60 ratings) · submitted 1997
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
tiny.ag/hq8w7xao · ★★☆☆ Fair (71 ratings) · submitted 1997
Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.
tiny.ag/dfwohelg · ★★☆☆ Fair (78 ratings) · submitted 1997
It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours.
tiny.ag/wqt4ciab · ★★☆☆ Fair (91 ratings) · submitted 1997
A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way.
tiny.ag/r1bfukdv · ★★☆☆ Fair (350 ratings) · submitted 1997
Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.
tiny.ag/q6kxew3z · ★★☆☆ Fair (304 ratings) · submitted 1997
Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
tiny.ag/sdmeheo7 · ★★☆☆ Fair (301 ratings) · submitted 1997
I am prepared to meet anyone, but whether anyone is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.
tiny.ag/gymh6otw · ★★☆☆ Fair (146 ratings) · submitted 1997
Man is the only animal that blushes -- or needs to.
tiny.ag/ne1vhxlr · ★★☆☆ Fair (119 ratings) · submitted 1997
Never tell the truth to those unworthy of it.
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