Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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tiny.ag/j0vq6ox3 · submitted 1997
Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.
tiny.ag/ooxlc4p0 · submitted 1997
Boring people are a reflection of boring people.
tiny.ag/pmag8qvw · submitted 1997
Buying a lie is one thing, giving it away for free is quite another.
tiny.ag/fjmqiepc · submitted 1997
Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye.
tiny.ag/2cihxuml · submitted 1997
Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.
tiny.ag/nxpusxd1 · submitted 1997
Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others.
tiny.ag/bggvrf05 · submitted 1997
If you love something, turn it loose. If it doesn't come back, kill it!
tiny.ag/vpchszet · submitted 1997
If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?
tiny.ag/hjysnvry · submitted 1997
If it looks like shit, smells like shit, mail it to your enemy -- he'll know what to do with it.
tiny.ag/iobj0muk · submitted 1997
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
tiny.ag/sq9g8eav · submitted 1997
tiny.ag/dochckvh · submitted 1997
By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell -- and hell heaven. The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed.
Adolf Hitler, Mein Kampf, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/znd6chuu · submitted 1997
I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few.
tiny.ag/0iltdhzx · submitted 1997
The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.
tiny.ag/9einaqki · submitted 1997
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
Jean Cocteau, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/bahg3dko · submitted 1997
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
tiny.ag/mjjtqyix · submitted 1997
An excuse is the mark of a moral coward.
tiny.ag/vr4hxjva · 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/pbhm4rie · submitted 1997
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
tiny.ag/dxvyak3f · 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
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