Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 14 comments
Aphorisms in This Category
161–174 (174)
tiny.ag/tnwmsadk · ★★☆☆ Fair (75 ratings) · submitted 1997
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
tiny.ag/rxmfom0a · ★★☆☆ Fair (96 ratings) · submitted 1997
The relationship between truth and a newspaper is like the relationship between the color green and the number seven. Occasionally you will see the number seven written in green, but you learn not to expect this.
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/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/l9caw6tv · ★★☆☆ Fair (124 ratings) · submitted 1997
A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions.
tiny.ag/kvgolwyi · ★★☆☆ Fair (278 ratings) · submitted 1998
The danger today is not so much that machines will learn to think and feel but that men will cease to do so.
tiny.ag/pyitdvns · ★★☆☆ Fair (288 ratings) · submitted 1997
I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.
tiny.ag/u5uejalg · ★★☆☆ Fair (387 ratings) · submitted 1999
Never give a sucker an even break and never smarten up a chump.
tiny.ag/vkemi9qo · ★★☆☆ Fair (191 ratings) · submitted 1997
Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
tiny.ag/xhlm9fsi · ★★☆☆ Fair (101 ratings) · submitted 1997
In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
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