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.
1515–1524 (1808)
2017-03-24
tiny.ag/fqbryph0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (213 ratings) · submitted 1997
If women didn't exist, all the money in the world would have no meaning.
2017-03-23
tiny.ag/tzkxgb3b · ★★☆☆ Fair (93 ratings) · submitted 1997
Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.
2017-03-19
tiny.ag/rxylykkp · ★★☆☆ Fair (186 ratings) · submitted 1997
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
2017-03-14
tiny.ag/7qd8abl4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (133 ratings) · submitted 1997
Humility is the first of the virtues -- for other people.
2017-03-13
tiny.ag/ye6jolzv · ★★☆☆ Fair (197 ratings) · submitted 1997
Man is only happy as he finds a work worth doing, and does it well.
E. Merrill Root, in Happiness and Misery and Work and Recreation
2017-03-12
tiny.ag/uapy9tbq · ★★☆☆ Fair (119 ratings) · submitted 1997
A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.
2017-03-10
tiny.ag/5upxjjc2 · ★★☆☆ Fair (226 ratings) · submitted 1997
A bachelor is a selfish, undeserving guy who has cheated some woman out of a divorce.
Don Quinn, in Love and Hate and Men and Women
2017-03-08
tiny.ag/kdbyxotm · ★★☆☆ Fair (80 ratings) · submitted 1997
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
2017-03-07
tiny.ag/kxyqnliw · ★★☆☆ Fair (318 ratings) · submitted 1997
Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind.
2017-03-03
tiny.ag/2xwphyb8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (162 ratings) · submitted 1997
Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
1515–1524 (1808)