Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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tiny.ag/purgb27l · ★★☆☆ Fair (105 ratings) · submitted 1997
A dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit.
tiny.ag/bahg3dko · ★★☆☆ Fair (278 ratings) · submitted 1997
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
tiny.ag/dhapqbwl · ★★☆☆ Fair (1112 ratings) · submitted 1997
Have a strong mind and a soft heart.
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/bsgtnfh5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (2967 ratings) · submitted 1997
tiny.ag/vlei56tn · ★★☆☆ Fair (334 ratings) · submitted 1997
Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.
tiny.ag/9einaqki · ★★☆☆ Fair (137 ratings) · submitted 1997
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
Jean Cocteau, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/mjjtqyix · ★★☆☆ Fair (324 ratings) · submitted 1997
An excuse is the mark of a moral coward.
tiny.ag/458vctqs · ★★☆☆ Fair (314 ratings) · submitted 1997
I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room.
tiny.ag/3vps8ao4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (981 ratings) · submitted 1998 by Caleb Ronsen
If you want to imagine the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever.
George Orwell, 1984, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/aoh5h6tb · ★★☆☆ Fair (1649 ratings) · submitted 1999
Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.
P. J. O'Rourke, All the Trouble in the World, in Altruism and Cynicism and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/4eq50acu · ★★☆☆ Fair (412 ratings) · submitted 1997
All lies are told with a straight face. It is truth that's said with a dismissive giggle.
tiny.ag/pl60skge · ★★☆☆ Fair (52 ratings) · submitted 1997
Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.
tiny.ag/f9zmepch · ★★☆☆ Fair (46 ratings) · submitted 1997
He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.
tiny.ag/crm6g7ll · ★★☆☆ Fair (120 ratings) · submitted 1997
We can do no great things; only small things with great love.
tiny.ag/rxylykkp · ★★☆☆ Fair (186 ratings) · submitted 1997
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
tiny.ag/y9w5ki2b · ★★☆☆ Fair (267 ratings) · submitted 1997
No man would listen to you talk if he didn't know it was his turn next.
tiny.ag/nxpusxd1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (111 ratings) · submitted 1997
Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others.
tiny.ag/ooxlc4p0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (199 ratings) · submitted 1997
Boring people are a reflection of boring people.
tiny.ag/fjmqiepc · ★★☆☆ Fair (98 ratings) · submitted 1997
Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye.
tiny.ag/2cihxuml · ★★☆☆ Fair (96 ratings) · submitted 1997
Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.
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