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.
1652–1661 (1807)
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.
2015-06-11
tiny.ag/vwaksnik · ★★☆☆ Fair (453 ratings) · submitted 1997
The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.
2015-06-10
tiny.ag/tf9fn0vv · ★★☆☆ Fair (73 ratings) · submitted 1997
True knowledge exists in knowing that you know nothing.
2015-06-04
tiny.ag/g1wxfjbw · ★★☆☆ Fair (868 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself.
2015-05-27
tiny.ag/nhmiijfj · ★★☆☆ Fair (87 ratings) · submitted 1997
I drink to make other people interesting.
2015-05-20
tiny.ag/jlevctud · ★★☆☆ Fair (45 ratings) · submitted 1997
Thought precedes action, action does not always precede thought.
2015-05-17
tiny.ag/aoh5h6tb · ★★☆☆ Fair (1649 ratings) · submitted 1999
Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.
P. J. O'Rourke, All the Trouble in the World, in Altruism and Cynicism and Work and Recreation
2015-05-16
tiny.ag/mvs5tcpe · ★★☆☆ Fair (255 ratings) · submitted 1997
Blessed are we who can laugh at ourselves for we shall never cease to be amused.
1652–1661 (1807)