Vice and Virtue
161 aphorisms · 5 comments
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tiny.ag/dlbjkpva · submitted 1997
Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
tiny.ag/s3j4zgfm · submitted 1997
I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.
tiny.ag/1f9y6qie · submitted 1997
No great scoundrel is ever uninteresting.
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/roibaqpn · submitted 1997
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
tiny.ag/dlhqo5iy · submitted 1999
The time is always right to do what is right
tiny.ag/5bldgyv4 · submitted 1997
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
tiny.ag/pxnbu4ey · submitted 1997
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
tiny.ag/t2fxueny · submitted 1997
Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences.
tiny.ag/9yutw8at · submitted 1997
It does not take much strength to do things, but it takes great strength to know what to do.
tiny.ag/edpzpyw4 · submitted 1997
Life is like walking through snow: every step shows.
tiny.ag/hifvkpkc · submitted 1997
A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.
tiny.ag/jyl21f8h · submitted 1997
It is well to remember that the entire universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.
tiny.ag/7qd8abl4 · submitted 1997
Humility is the first of the virtues -- for other people.
tiny.ag/jesbzwxp · submitted 1997
As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.
tiny.ag/9n0oa4te · submitted 1997
Being sorry is the highest act of selfishness, seeing value only after discarding it.
tiny.ag/ojpztwu9 · submitted 1997
Born a saint, die a sinner -- born a sinner, die a saint.
tiny.ag/l5snrywf · submitted 1997
Conscience is the window of our spirit, evil is the curtain.
tiny.ag/nswjrmi0 · submitted 1997
Lead me not into temptation. I can find it myself.
tiny.ag/ogrqyeb7 · submitted 1997
Let your heart guide you. It whispers, so listen closely.
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