Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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tiny.ag/sc3tpgkp · submitted 1997
We have met the enemy, and he is us.
tiny.ag/mnrh4p2b · submitted 1997
Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
John F. Kennedy, in Altruism and Cynicism and Vice and Virtue
tiny.ag/xhg05ovb · submitted 1997
I never know how much of what I say is true.
tiny.ag/rxylykkp · submitted 1997
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
tiny.ag/crm6g7ll · submitted 1997
We can do no great things; only small things with great love.
tiny.ag/f9zmepch · submitted 1997
He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.
tiny.ag/ncguuawn · submitted 1997
Never ask the barber if you need a haircut.
tiny.ag/dv1lo7ef · submitted 1997
Money is the root of all evil, and man needs roots.
tiny.ag/nxpusxd1 · submitted 1997
Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others.
tiny.ag/2cihxuml · submitted 1997
Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.
tiny.ag/fjmqiepc · submitted 1997
Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye.
tiny.ag/rlehkt4m · submitted 1997
Smile, it's free therapy.
tiny.ag/fwdapxsq · submitted 1997
The art of giving is perfected through anonymity.
tiny.ag/xysizfch · submitted 1997
The key to heaven's gate cannot be duplicated.
tiny.ag/y9w5ki2b · submitted 1997
No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
tiny.ag/mtktl96r · submitted 1997
Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down.
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/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.
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