Success and Failure
376 aphorisms · 9 comments
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tiny.ag/i1bt6pjo · ★★☆☆ Fair (92 ratings) · submitted 1998 by Tim McGowan
I must catch up with the others, for I am their leader.
tiny.ag/tgov7yf4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (60 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
tiny.ag/wyl7j4bs · ★★☆☆ Fair (137 ratings) · submitted 1997
Those who can, do. Those who can't, teach.
tiny.ag/hnbrayvq · ★★☆☆ Fair (76 ratings) · submitted 1997
When one is trying to do something beyond one's known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.
tiny.ag/rvxpkbzw · ★★☆☆ Fair (57 ratings) · submitted 1997
The average person thinks he isn't.
tiny.ag/mtyfl0j1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (753 ratings) · submitted 1997
tiny.ag/enjckxg8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (45 ratings) · submitted 1997
Nothing very good or very bad lasts very long.
tiny.ag/ry72cat0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (256 ratings) · submitted 1997
There is no security on this earth; there is only opportunity.
tiny.ag/zi6fgh0w · ★★☆☆ Fair (47 ratings) · submitted 1997
Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
tiny.ag/emt4aro3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (773 ratings) · submitted 1997
It's better to be an authentic loser than a false success, and to die alive than to live dead.
William Markiewicz, Extracts of Existence, in Success and Failure
tiny.ag/ifr4pyih · ★★☆☆ Fair (52 ratings) · submitted 1997
Prophecy is many times the principal cause of the events foretold.
Thomas Hobbes, in Science and Religion and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/qn68ckxs · ★★☆☆ Fair (203 ratings) · submitted 1997
Hofstadter's Law: It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take Hofstadter's Law into account.
tiny.ag/wiq0woar · ★★☆☆ Fair (22 ratings) · submitted 1997
Success is like a fart -- only your own smells nice.
tiny.ag/vtq15sgk · ★★☆☆ Fair (117 ratings) · submitted 1997
Action cures fear, inaction creates terror.
tiny.ag/kjm5ugma · ★★☆☆ Fair (201 ratings) · submitted 1997
Change occurs in direct proportion to dissatisfaction, but dissatisfaction never changes.
tiny.ag/uvpjrb6x · ★★☆☆ Fair (721 ratings) · submitted 1997
Desperation is like stealing from the mafia: you stand a good chance of attracting the wrong attention.
tiny.ag/axfjdopk · ★★☆☆ Fair (143 ratings) · submitted 1997
First rule of Economics 101: our desires are insatiable. Second rule: we can stomach only three Big Macs at a time.
tiny.ag/yqo9cx7w · ★★☆☆ Fair (313 ratings) · submitted 1997
Good ideas are a dime a dozen, bad ones are free.
tiny.ag/93thhysu · ★★☆☆ Fair (92 ratings) · submitted 1997
If wishes were fishes we'd all be throwing nets. If wishes were horses we'd all ride.
tiny.ag/hd1r4yfi · ★★☆☆ Fair (88 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there.
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