Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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tiny.ag/gymh6otw · submitted 1997
Man is the only animal that blushes -- or needs to.
tiny.ag/sdmeheo7 · 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/q6kxew3z · submitted 1997
Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
tiny.ag/r1bfukdv · submitted 1997
Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.
tiny.ag/tnwmsadk · submitted 1997
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
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/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
tiny.ag/poggndv0 · submitted 1997
Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
tiny.ag/gvohc8br · submitted 1997
In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments -- there are consequences.
tiny.ag/lu0qepci · submitted 1997
An enemy is anyone who tells the truth about you.
tiny.ag/mtktl96r · submitted 1997
Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down.
tiny.ag/4tfl7wlh · submitted 1997
Never insult an alligator until after you have crossed the river.
tiny.ag/o1xf5nap · submitted 1997
If a feller says, "It's not the money, it's the principle of the thing," it's the money.
tiny.ag/y9w5ki2b · submitted 1997
No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
tiny.ag/gf6ry8xs · submitted 1997
Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.
tiny.ag/kdbyxotm · submitted 1997
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
tiny.ag/np9dvtka · submitted 1997
Ninety percent of everything is crap.
tiny.ag/dxokyfu8 · submitted 1997
It's better to be quotable than to be honest.
tiny.ag/vinogpxg · submitted 1997
A bore is a man who, when you ask him how he is, tells you.
tiny.ag/dtxsg5kf · submitted 1997
A single death is a tragedy, a million deaths is statistics.
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