Aphorism of the Day
This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.
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1751–1760 (1786)
2010-10-16
tiny.ag/ihlpkath · ★★☆☆ Fair (99 ratings) · submitted 1997
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
2010-10-07
tiny.ag/osjwdfeg · ★★☆☆ Fair (948 ratings) · submitted 1997
Beauty: That power by which a woman charms a lover and terrifies a husband.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Life and Death and Men and Women
2010-09-30
tiny.ag/6pua1ipj · ★★☆☆ Fair (343 ratings) · submitted 1997
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.
2010-08-31
tiny.ag/dyq1q946 · ★★☆☆ Fair (123 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you give me six lines written by the most honest man, I will find something in them to hang him.
2010-08-05
tiny.ag/gam5ctee · ★★☆☆ Fair (58 ratings) · submitted 1997
If it weren't for lawyers, we wouldn't need them.
2010-07-31
tiny.ag/f70nm4cm · ★★☆☆ Fair (868 ratings) · submitted 1999
All I desire for my own burial is not to be buried alive.
2010-07-14
tiny.ag/d1etleqn · ★★☆☆ Fair (843 ratings) · submitted 1999
It is not the bad times on which we should dwell, it is only poison to the mind and soul. We shall rise up after we fall, and continue to go on -- dwelling on the good, high-spirited times of our lives.
2010-06-20
tiny.ag/kzayik2y · ★★☆☆ Fair (47 ratings) · submitted 1997
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
2010-05-26
tiny.ag/xw6wlcfo · ★★☆☆ Fair (70 ratings) · submitted 1997
Life's a bitch, and life's got lots of sisters.
2010-05-18
tiny.ag/yvhq4tf0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (71 ratings) · submitted 1997
The essence of true friendship is to make allowances for another's little lapses.
1751–1760 (1786)