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Aphorisms Attributed to This Aphorist
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tiny.ag/up1actjs · ★★☆☆ Fair (444 ratings) · submitted 1997
Decay is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
Unknown, (sometimes, almost certainly incorrectly, attributed to the Buddha), in Life and Death
tiny.ag/voscxn53 · ★★☆☆ Fair (218 ratings) · submitted 1997
When falling in love, some lose their head, others lose their heart.
Unknown, in Love and Hate
tiny.ag/zeuc9zpa · ★★☆☆ Fair (207 ratings) · submitted 1997
While having never invented a sin, I'm trying to perfect several.
tiny.ag/xjrw4zcp · ★★☆☆ Fair (187 ratings) · submitted 1997
While anyone can admit to themselves they were wrong, the true test is admission to someone else.
tiny.ag/zsldl2jb · ★★☆☆ Fair (284 ratings) · submitted 1997
When you've seen one nuclear war, you've seen them all.
Unknown, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/ubdtlbzz · ★★☆☆ Fair (1019 ratings) · submitted 1999 by Glenn Troester
When you're angry, take a deep breath and count to ten. When you're really angry, swear.
tiny.ag/wobuqdw1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (399 ratings) · submitted 1997
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Unknown, (Indian proverb), in Life and Death and Vice and Virtue
tiny.ag/eq4zodra · ★★☆☆ Fair (250 ratings) · submitted 1997
When they broke open molecules, they found they were filled with atoms. But when they broke open atoms, they found they were filled with explosions.
tiny.ag/ywjorl1b · ★★☆☆ Fair (394 ratings) · submitted 1997
When the government fears the people, we have liberty. When the people fear the government, we have tyranny.
tiny.ag/mdjkyeno · ★★☆☆ Fair (242 ratings) · submitted 1997
When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.
Unknown, (Ethiopian proverb), in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/jlmjkna4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (165 ratings) · submitted 1997
When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
tiny.ag/n51jrfp4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (296 ratings) · submitted 1997
When a female has tears in her eyes the one who cannot see is the male.
Unknown, in Men and Women
tiny.ag/k41czawu · ★★☆☆ Fair (198 ratings) · submitted 1997
Weiler's Law: Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself.
tiny.ag/kov3nzmi · ★★☆☆ Fair (209 ratings) · submitted 1997
Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech.
tiny.ag/undqbo35 · ★★☆☆ Fair (244 ratings) · submitted 1997
Westheimer's Discovery: A couple of months in the laboratory can frequently save a couple of hours in the library.
tiny.ag/qhi9mj1t · ★★☆☆ Fair (146 ratings) · submitted 1997
Wethern's Law: Assumption is the mother of all screw-ups.
tiny.ag/pkfmdhte · ★★☆☆ Fair (210 ratings) · submitted 1997
When an ordinary man attains knowledge, he is a sage; when a sage attains knowledge, he is an ordinary man.
Unknown, (Zen saying), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/idqkjfr5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (895 ratings) · submitted 1997 by Gord Weitzel
When elephants fight, only the grass gets hurt.
Unknown, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/qse5ziat · ★★☆☆ Fair (701 ratings) · submitted 1998
Give a man a fish and he'll ask for a lemon. Teach a man to fish and he'll leave work early on Friday.
tiny.ag/ymbukbew · ★★☆☆ Fair (271 ratings) · submitted 1997
When a man's wife learns to understand him, she usually stops listening to him.
Unknown, in Men and Women
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