Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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tiny.ag/57fvsz6t · submitted 1997
No good deed goes unpunished.
tiny.ag/pjkyl6oi · submitted 1997
An ignorant person is one who doesn't know what you have just found out.
tiny.ag/fjkyccqy · submitted 1997
In this world, there is one terrible thing, and that is that everyone has his reasons.
tiny.ag/lhf5xdsj · submitted 1997
Beware of altruism. It is based on self-deception, the root of all evil.
Ayn Rand, (commencement speech to Naval Academy), in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/ijcqpq8f · submitted 1997
Do good by stealth.
tiny.ag/t4nrvjai · submitted 1997
A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference.
Joan Powers, Pooh's Little Instruction Book, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/k40t75a9 · submitted 1997
No guest is so welcome in a friend's house that he will not become a nuisance after three days.
tiny.ag/iobj0muk · submitted 1997
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
tiny.ag/sq9g8eav · submitted 1997
tiny.ag/u1yhdeyw · submitted 1999
Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
tiny.ag/zm6nq4mh · submitted 1997
We should forgive our enemies, but only after they've been taken out and shot.
tiny.ag/ywjorl1b · submitted 1997
When the government fears the people, we have liberty. When the people fear the government, we have tyranny.
tiny.ag/z1irlfxp · submitted 1997
Once you've tried to change the world you find it's a whole bunch easier to change your mind.
tiny.ag/donivp2q · submitted 1997
Tact is the ability to tell a man he has an open mind when he has a hole in his head.
tiny.ag/ffrhkz8y · submitted 1997
The Golden Rule: whoever has the gold makes the rules.
tiny.ag/ceh5zfoy · submitted 1997
There are two reasons for doing something: a really good reason and the real reason.
tiny.ag/l9jtfiar · submitted 1997
To err is human, to blame the next guy even more so.
tiny.ag/jwsmtwxg · submitted 1997
Subtlety is the art of saying what you think and getting out of the way before it is understood.
tiny.ag/ncguuawn · submitted 1997
Never ask the barber if you need a haircut.
tiny.ag/scie9t27 · submitted 1997
Never deprive someone of hope -- it may be all they have.
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