Life and Death
196 aphorisms · 11 comments
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tiny.ag/iltu4sq1 · submitted 1997
Fairy tales: Horror stories for children to get them used to reality.
tiny.ag/tpxrfoyh · submitted 1997
Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to die.
tiny.ag/gcj36kvs · submitted 1999 by pam brees
Every time a baby is born, so is a grandmother.
tiny.ag/b94hkcka · submitted 1997
Do not regret growing older. It is a privilege denied to many.
tiny.ag/nrkqajzx · submitted 1997
Don't worry over what other people are thinking about you. They're too busy worrying over what you are thinking about them.
tiny.ag/ncueqfib · submitted 1997
Eat a live toad in the morning and nothing worse will happen to you for the rest of the day.
tiny.ag/jnvbea3l · submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
tiny.ag/vbn3b1au · submitted 1997
Ducharm's Axiom: If you view your problem closely enough you will recognize yourself as part of the problem.
Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/7a4ntqxo · submitted 1997
Cox's Philosophy: Life's a bitch, and then you die.
Unknown, in Life and Death and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/dxqkz8bq · submitted 1997
Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
tiny.ag/zdywajhx · submitted 1997
Children in the front seat cause accidents, accidents in the back seat cause children.
tiny.ag/ygktzxcq · submitted 1997
Children are natural mimics who act like their parents despite every effort to teach them good manners.
tiny.ag/wva2bjoz · submitted 1997
I kept on digging the hole deeper and deeper looking for the treasure chest until I finally lifted my head, looked up and realised that I had dug my own grave.
Dominic, (on the psychology of a gambler), in Life and Death and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/fznv6alr · submitted 1997
I never think of the future -- it will come soon enough.
tiny.ag/qdviuayz · submitted 1997
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Euripides, Orestia, in Life and Death
tiny.ag/x1quz7jt · submitted 1997
Millions long for immortality but do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
tiny.ag/u4ywocdm · submitted 1997
Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.
tiny.ag/9xelzoym · submitted 1997
Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think, and a docudrama with ugly actors for those who film docudramas.
tiny.ag/f70nm4cm · submitted 1999
All I desire for my own burial is not to be buried alive.
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