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.
1415–1424 (1833)
2019-01-20
tiny.ag/qycsaode · submitted 1997
When angry, count to ten before you speak; when very angry, a hundred.
Thomas Jefferson, Writings, in Wisdom and Ignorance
2019-01-18
tiny.ag/r1riepsv · submitted 1997
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks into you.
2019-01-12
tiny.ag/ugaap1m5 · submitted 1997
Cynics are made, not born.
2019-01-07
tiny.ag/qwlnrjbr · submitted 1997
Be careful of your thoughts; they may become words at any moment.
2019-01-04
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
2019-01-01
tiny.ag/qgj3ivvu · submitted 1997
You should never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and liberty.
2018-12-31
tiny.ag/5edntuvq · submitted 1997
If I can be of any help, you're in worse trouble than I thought.
2018-12-29
2018-12-22
tiny.ag/lanadgxk · submitted 1997
The problem with political jokes is they get elected.
2018-12-19
tiny.ag/1jlvnd7w · submitted 1997
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have done.
1415–1424 (1833)