Aphorisms Galore!

Submissions

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

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tiny.ag/numcdj2s  ·  submitted 2001

To think before you speak, is like wiping your ass before you shit.

Charlie Christensen, Translation from cartoon Arne Anka

tiny.ag/jtfjfvph  ·  submitted 2001

"If people are determined to dislike me, I am determined to give them good cause. There is nothing more tragic than misplaced contempt."

E. H. Munro, http://ehmunro.munroco.com

tiny.ag/kgbpqm2m  ·  submitted 2001

"An annoyingly cheery person told me that I ought smile as frowning required the use of 42 muscles and smiling a mere 16. I politely informed them that I was exercising."

E. H. Munro, http://ehmunro.munroco.com

tiny.ag/gz2yt4e5  ·  submitted 2001

Eco-activists would sacrifice everything to preserve the timber wolf's pristine natural habitat--- while the timber wolf would chuck that same habitat in a second for a can opener, a crate of alpo, and a working pair of opposable thumbs.

RHJunior

tiny.ag/rk2nge75  ·  submitted 2001

Only Man, of all God's creatures, could breed fools capable of believing it a virtue to live like a beast.

RHJunior

tiny.ag/lnp5czao  ·  submitted 2001

The vital difference between man and beast is their relationship to nature. A Man subdues it and rises above it; A Beast is nothing but a helpless victim of it.

RHJunior

tiny.ag/vpawnd5g  ·  submitted 2001

Nothing makes girls so pretty as alcohol and closing hour.

Unknown, Translation of a traditional quote

tiny.ag/gjcx5n8k  ·  submitted 2001

I say as the Chinese; the future is like a baboonÂ’s ass. ItÂ’s bright and full of shit.

Unknown, Translation from the cartoon Arne Anka

tiny.ag/tsbxv2y9  ·  submitted 2001

This moments fade away like teardrops in the rain

?, from the movie "Bladerunner"

tiny.ag/m0hxvcbs  ·  submitted 2001

You have to struggle so things can happen by themselves

Erik Lerdahl

tiny.ag/i275phdf  ·  submitted 2001

The one who does not face the wave gets caught by it

Erik Lerdahl

tiny.ag/azr4wce8  ·  submitted 2001

Where there is no shell there is no nakedness to hide

Erik Lerdahl

tiny.ag/nkrwy0if  ·  submitted 2001

Every mistake is a step towards what may become right

Erik Lerdahl

tiny.ag/zw8hiv65  ·  submitted 2001

Only the one who can set his own limits can be really close to others

Erik Lerdahl

tiny.ag/geujijy4  ·  submitted 2001

To wait for the perfect is a perfect way of waiting

Erik Lerdahl

tiny.ag/arwtm0ks  ·  submitted 2001

It is easier to go with the majority and know it is wrong than to go against the majority and believe it is right

Erik Lerdahl

tiny.ag/64vmrsqd  ·  submitted 2001

Where there is room for confusion, there is room for new thoughts

Erik Lerdahl

tiny.ag/mjuvgjyq  ·  submitted 2001

A creek that is cut off finds other ways

Erik Lerdahl

tiny.ag/qtbxr8wf  ·  submitted 2001

The one who challenges himself, forms his own path

Erik Lerdahl

tiny.ag/ehoftjar  ·  submitted 2001

The clue is to come with improper comments at the proper places

Erik Lerdahl

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