Aphorism of the Day
This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.
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1645–1654 (1807)
2015-08-10
tiny.ag/qdviuayz · ★★☆☆ Fair (93 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Euripides, Orestia, in Life and Death
2015-07-20
tiny.ag/iv0n7jxr · ★★☆☆ Fair (468 ratings) · submitted 1997
If we take science as our sole guide, if we accept and hold fast that alone which is verifiable, the old theology must go.
2015-07-18
tiny.ag/ugvde1cx · ★★☆☆ Fair (204 ratings) · submitted 1997
If bankers can count, how come they have eight windows and only four tellers?
2015-07-16
tiny.ag/gesq5cpw · ★★☆☆ Fair (357 ratings) · submitted 1997
A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.
2015-07-09
tiny.ag/ne1vhxlr · ★★☆☆ Fair (119 ratings) · submitted 1997
Never tell the truth to those unworthy of it.
2015-07-05
tiny.ag/t1upajp8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (59 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is best to love wisely, no doubt; but to love foolishly is better than not to be able to love at all.
2015-07-01
tiny.ag/nxpusxd1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (111 ratings) · submitted 1997
Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others.
2015-06-22
tiny.ag/7graufwl · ★★☆☆ Fair (1408 ratings) · submitted 1997
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
2015-06-21
tiny.ag/kxvl7q1s · ★★☆☆ Fair (276 ratings) · submitted 1997
Democracy is a form of government that substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few.
2015-06-20
tiny.ag/gbu74gqh · ★★☆☆ Fair (229 ratings) · submitted 1997
Crude classifications and false generalizations are the curse of organized life.
1645–1654 (1807)