Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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tiny.ag/vkemi9qo · submitted 1997
Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
tiny.ag/xhlm9fsi · submitted 1997
In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
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/l9jtfiar · submitted 1997
To err is human, to blame the next guy even more so.
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/ceh5zfoy · submitted 1997
There are two reasons for doing something: a really good reason and the real reason.
tiny.ag/bx0vlces · submitted 1997
Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else -- unless it is an enemy.
Albert Einstein, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/l9caw6tv · submitted 1997
A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions.
tiny.ag/ffrhkz8y · submitted 1997
The Golden Rule: whoever has the gold makes the rules.
tiny.ag/ajwgbtvf · submitted 1997
If you were arrested for kindness, would there be enough evidence to convict you?
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/bsgtnfh5 · submitted 1997
tiny.ag/dhapqbwl · submitted 1997
Have a strong mind and a soft heart.
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/purgb27l · submitted 1997
A dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit.
tiny.ag/qr9ysjed · submitted 1997
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
tiny.ag/1make2qd · submitted 1997
tiny.ag/p2zj718l · submitted 1997
The only absolute knowledge worth attaining is that your life is meaningless. -- My life? Well now, that's another story...
tiny.ag/rx3wkhug · submitted 1997
You are cautious in showing your true self to others. Have you thought about plastic surgery?
tiny.ag/v128alif · submitted 1997
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king... and the one-eyed man with the high heels and the feather boa is queen.
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