Aphorisms Galore!

Submissions

These aphorisms have been submitted by users but are not (yet) included in the official collection.

tiny.ag/d2ta5yni  ·  submitted 2019 by Nosy33

Murder is a zero-sum game
when played for wealth.
What is gained in affluence
is lost in rectitude.

John Carl Lynn, in Life and Death and Vice and Virtue

tiny.ag/odszd4zp  ·  submitted 2019 by dorothybealm

The trouble about man is twofold. He cannot learn truths which are too complicated; he forgets truths which are too simple.

Rebecca West, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/ukgxljde  ·  submitted 2019 by dorothybealm

Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/d4uwphq6  ·  submitted 2019 by dorothybealm

All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why.

James Thurber, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/ug5wrhij  ·  submitted 2019 by dorothybealm

That which yields is not always weak

Jacqueline Carey, in Success and Failure

tiny.ag/qfwioujg  ·  submitted 2019 by dorothybealm

The flame that burns Twice as bright burns half as long.

Lao Tzu, in Life and Death

tiny.ag/0jcpy6ez  ·  submitted 2019 by SAH2018153725

good work gives more work

Unknown, in Work and Recreation and Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/ry4tgj03  ·  submitted 2019 by Kram51

There are only 2 drawbacks to a medical career: the hours and the patients.

M L Mallek, in Altruism and Cynicism and Work and Recreation

tiny.ag/qxq4dt8o  ·  submitted 2019

"If you come across a word you don't know the definition to, look it up" -L Ron Hubbard

L Ron Hubbard, old father's adage, in Law and Politics and Art and Literature

tiny.ag/zzhpm6je  ·  submitted 2019 by Ultimaphorism

All books are sacred, merely when they are destroyed.

Maximillian Smith, old father's adage, in Law and Politics and Science and Religion

tiny.ag/z9lfxyai  ·  submitted 2019 by Ultimaphorism

Thy whom have stick, measures all rule

Maximillian Smith, old father's adage, in Law and Politics and Science and Religion

tiny.ag/l9uf1mc8  ·  submitted 2018

If our sandcastles keep getting stomped, we're not using enough nails.

Unknown

tiny.ag/twnp6lru  ·  submitted 2018 by WaynesWorldClovis

You can paint a pumpkin black but that don’t make it a bowling ball!

Unknown, in Altruism and Cynicism

tiny.ag/v7ua9bxk  ·  submitted 2018 by jpayne134

Twitter Bird was born to lie and tell the truth in Hell.

James payne

tiny.ag/c9zgsqqd  ·  submitted 2018 by jpayne134

If all there was to life is hard work, life would be easy.

James payne

tiny.ag/xs5u9k2k  ·  submitted 2018 by AliMuratSoyler

They say:Do not make Christians and Jews friends, they won't be friends with someone doesn't in from their religion.

Good
they become friends if I'm from their religion(The original words belong to me)

Ali Murat Soyler, in Wisdom and Ignorance and Science and Religion

tiny.ag/za6xhylk  ·  submitted 2018 by ArturoBandini

Always look at the big picture: as the details recede, so does the devil.

Stephen Densmore, in Wisdom and Ignorance and Happiness and Misery

tiny.ag/qfiwy68o  ·  submitted 2018

Life is like roller coaster, it goes down and up

Unknown

tiny.ag/sfrjjiag  ·  submitted 2018 by AB

One can only describe the human but can never define it because humans are complex in their nature.

Zaman Ali, in Wisdom and Ignorance

tiny.ag/6orlrc9x  ·  submitted 2018 by AB

Struggle of power is natural in human because with power their individuality prevails over others.

Zaman Ali, in Wisdom and Ignorance