Aphorism of the Day
This is an archive of every Aphorim of the Day since 2012.
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1792–1801 (1806)
2010-01-21
tiny.ag/lsxp5q2w · ★★☆☆ Fair (121 ratings) · submitted 1997
Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing at the moment.
2010-01-10
tiny.ag/ypqqlw9y · ★★☆☆ Fair (672 ratings) · submitted 1998
Always remember your weapons system was made by the lowest bidder
Unknown, in War and Peace
2010-01-08
tiny.ag/kwzypjqf · ★★☆☆ Fair (475 ratings) · submitted 1997
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind.
2010-01-02
tiny.ag/m3b4teek · ★★☆☆ Fair (133 ratings) · submitted 1997
Death is the final wake-up call.
2009-12-27
tiny.ag/wdjstbs9 · ★★☆☆ Fair (27 ratings) · submitted 1997
Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them.
2009-12-22
tiny.ag/6ntlf03d · ★★☆☆ Fair (60 ratings) · submitted 1997
No one has ever bet enough on a winning horse.
2009-12-01
tiny.ag/sq9g8eav · ★★☆☆ Fair (3330 ratings) · submitted 1997
2009-11-26
tiny.ag/v9nue1vj · ★★☆☆ Fair (182 ratings) · submitted 1997
Hearts are often broken when words are unspoken.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
2009-11-25
tiny.ag/4uvnidhy · ★★☆☆ Fair (305 ratings) · submitted 1997
Most of the evils of life arise from man's being unable to sit still in a room.
2009-11-07
tiny.ag/ipa5yree · ★★☆☆ Fair (65 ratings) · submitted 1997
No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience.
John A. Locke, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), in Wisdom and Ignorance
1792–1801 (1806)