Aphorism of the Day
This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.
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1772–1781 (1854)
2014-09-11
tiny.ag/hdyoy0ri · submitted 1999 by Chris Daniels
I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I have seen blood running from the wounded... I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities destroyed... I have seen children starving. I have seen the agony of mothers and wives. I hate war.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, (Chautauqua, New York, August 14, 1936), in War and Peace
2014-09-08
tiny.ag/vdjyoa1u · submitted 1997
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk.
2014-06-29
tiny.ag/cfxqwrve · submitted 1997
It's not a question of happiness, it's a requirement. Consider the alternative.
2014-06-08
tiny.ag/v5ziucpl · submitted 1997
My interest is in the future because I am going to spend the rest of my life there.
2014-05-30
tiny.ag/is8fdtaa · submitted 1999
Love affairs have always greatly interested me, but I do not greatly care for them in books or moving pictures. In a love affair, I wish to be the hero, with no audience present.
2014-05-12
tiny.ag/gpnuvt0q · submitted 1997
You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd.
2014-05-07
tiny.ag/sbtlzeuy · submitted 1997
Life is like a raffle -- you must be present to win.
2014-04-27
tiny.ag/4ru9egbz · submitted 1997
Death is life's way of telling you you've been fired.
2014-04-13
tiny.ag/p2zj718l · submitted 1997
The only absolute knowledge worth attaining is that your life is meaningless. -- My life? Well now, that's another story...
2014-04-01
tiny.ag/i9vof3d6 · submitted 1997
A budget is just a method of worrying before you spend money, as well as afterward.
1772–1781 (1854)