Aphorism of the Day
This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.
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1625–1634 (1808)
2015-10-30
tiny.ag/xmilhqgd · ★★☆☆ Fair (299 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is impossible to defend perfectly against the attack of those who want to die.
Unknown, in War and Peace
2015-10-24
tiny.ag/kje1nil8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (339 ratings) · submitted 1997
Grub first, then ethics.
2015-10-15
tiny.ag/izntlcnj · ★★☆☆ Fair (186 ratings) · submitted 1997
No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.
2015-10-11
tiny.ag/qksor8sl · ★★☆☆ Fair (148 ratings) · submitted 1997
I used to think I was indecisive, but now I'm not so sure.
2015-10-06
tiny.ag/zuhrgxko · ★★☆☆ Fair (134 ratings) · submitted 1997
A large, clumsy umbrella is the best protection against the rain: there will be no rain as long as you're lugging it around.
2015-10-02
tiny.ag/l2qkzwis · ★★☆☆ Fair (71 ratings) · submitted 1997
Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
Robert J. Oppenheimer, (on Albert Einstein), in Wisdom and Ignorance
2015-10-01
tiny.ag/inomue9p · ★★☆☆ Fair (1073 ratings) · submitted 1999 by Erwin van Moll
There is no intellectual exercise which is not ultimately useless.
Jorge Luis Borges, "Pierre Menard, Author of Don Quixote", in Art and Literature and Wisdom and Ignorance
2015-09-26
tiny.ag/id0fuogm · ★★☆☆ Fair (186 ratings) · submitted 1997
Love your neighbors, but don't pull down the fence.
Unknown, (Chinese proverb), in Love and Hate
2015-09-23
tiny.ag/8dojvkdg · ★★☆☆ Fair (202 ratings) · submitted 1997
Too much credit is given to the end result. The true lesson is in the struggle that takes place between the dream and reality. That struggle is a thing called life!
2015-09-21
tiny.ag/pl60skge · ★★☆☆ Fair (52 ratings) · submitted 1997
Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.
1625–1634 (1808)