Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/5wcgbb1a · submitted 1997
The more you know, the less you think you know.
tiny.ag/qdve785j · submitted 1997
The more you know, the less you need to show.
tiny.ag/zoapng08 · submitted 1997
The light at the end of the tunnel is the headlight of an approaching train.
tiny.ag/qhi9mj1t · submitted 1997
Wethern's Law: Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups.
tiny.ag/jlmjkna4 · submitted 1997
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
tiny.ag/juykxd68 · submitted 1997
The tallest blade of grass is the first to be cut by the scythe.
Unknown, (Russian proverb), in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/cajbytn9 · submitted 1997
The greatest thing man can create is himself.
tiny.ag/xqe7yfma · submitted 1997
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.
tiny.ag/d4uzlrvm · submitted 1997
It is always better to fail in doing something than to excel in doing nothing.
tiny.ag/u1iblda0 · submitted 1997
It is a mistake to allow any mechanical object to realize you are in a hurry.
tiny.ag/ohvcxj98 · submitted 1997
Imbesi's Law with Freeman's Extension: In order for something to become clean, something else must become dirty; but you can get everything dirty without getting anything clean.
tiny.ag/t2ay3kb5 · submitted 1997
If you see a turtle on a fence post, he has had some help.
tiny.ag/vhuaqm1e · submitted 1997
If you do what you've always done, you'll be what you've always been.
tiny.ag/hsipkpnw · submitted 1997
If you can't learn to do it well, learn to enjoy doing it badly.
tiny.ag/bpgwmk3n · submitted 1997
If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.
tiny.ag/8ixk9v6t · submitted 1997
Hoare's Law of Large Problems: Inside every large problem is a small problem struggling to get out.
tiny.ag/lhewzazm · submitted 1997
I'd rather be rich than stupid.
tiny.ag/epdarexm · submitted 1999 by Jim Mueller
I wish I were what I was when I wanted to be what I am now.
tiny.ag/5edntuvq · submitted 1997
If I can be of any help, you're in worse trouble than I thought.
tiny.ag/uc5f23qi · submitted 1997
It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
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