Aphorism of the Day
This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.
Every single day, a very sophisticated computer running state of the art software carefully picks an aphorism from the collection and sends it out to all the nice people who have subscribed to the Aphorism of the Day. If you want to be one of these nice people, create a user profile and start a subscription.
1–10 (1850)
2026-05-13
tiny.ag/ut6ks243 · submitted 1997
The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions that I wish it to be always kept alive.
2026-05-12
tiny.ag/o7yghtxb · submitted 1999
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two equals four. If that is granted, all else follows.
George Orwell, 1984, in Happiness and Misery
2026-05-11
tiny.ag/lmbiznpc · submitted 1997
It's not over until it's over.
2026-05-10
tiny.ag/lhewzazm · submitted 1997
I'd rather be rich than stupid.
2026-05-09
tiny.ag/dccyeyhv · submitted 1997
A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman is as bad as she dares.
2026-05-08
tiny.ag/uc5f23qi · submitted 1997
It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
2026-05-07
tiny.ag/nhmiijfj · submitted 1997
I drink to make other people interesting.
2026-05-06
tiny.ag/o4053hxu · submitted 1997
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius -- and a lot of courage -- to move in the opposite direction.
E. F. Schumacher, in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
2026-05-05
tiny.ag/4mch5yty · submitted 1997
I'm always fascinated by the way memory diffuses fact.
2026-05-04
tiny.ag/9bdy4k6s · submitted 1997
All thought is naught but a footnote to Plato.
1–10 (1850)