Aphorism of the Day
This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.
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1669–1678 (1788)
2014-03-30
tiny.ag/c4bqu3ci · ★★☆☆ Fair (399 ratings) · submitted 1997
To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.
2014-03-28
tiny.ag/anqu4m95 · ★★☆☆ Fair (1012 ratings) · submitted 1999 by Erwin van Moll
The heresies we should fear are those which can be confused with orthodoxy.
Jorge Luis Borges, "The Theologians", in Science and Religion
2014-03-26
tiny.ag/v2eioua3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (95 ratings) · submitted 1997
History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.
2012-08-17
tiny.ag/f4ckcyx8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (41 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you never change your mind, why have one?
2012-08-11
tiny.ag/jesbzwxp · ★★☆☆ Fair (175 ratings) · submitted 1997
As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.
2012-07-30
tiny.ag/kjm5ugma · ★★☆☆ Fair (201 ratings) · submitted 1997
Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes.
2012-07-26
tiny.ag/nz2qcagl · ★★☆☆ Fair (16 ratings) · submitted 1997
Cheer up! Things are getting worse at a slower rate.
2012-07-25
tiny.ag/airwcz94 · ★★☆☆ Fair (1078 ratings) · submitted 1997
A book is a mirror; if an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apostle to look out.
G. C. Lichtenberg, in Art and Literature and Wisdom and Ignorance
2012-07-19
tiny.ag/6qdfb14w · ★★☆☆ Fair (231 ratings) · submitted 1997
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
2012-07-16
tiny.ag/9exdprka · ★★☆☆ Fair (134 ratings) · submitted 1997
I am not afraid of tomorrow, for I have seen yesterday and I love today.
1669–1678 (1788)