Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 14 comments
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tiny.ag/dxvyak3f · ★★☆☆ Fair (922 ratings) · submitted 1997
Eulogy: Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/eh4xjmzt · ★★☆☆ Fair (188 ratings) · submitted 1997
Love thy neighbor as thyself, but choose your neighborhood.
tiny.ag/pl60skge · ★★☆☆ Fair (52 ratings) · submitted 1997
Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.
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/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/fwdapxsq · ★★☆☆ Fair (75 ratings) · submitted 1997
The art of giving is perfected through anonymity.
tiny.ag/vpchszet · ★★☆☆ Fair (106 ratings) · submitted 1997
If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell?
tiny.ag/bggvrf05 · ★★☆☆ Fair (180 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you love something, turn it loose. If it doesn't come back, kill it!
tiny.ag/nxpusxd1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (111 ratings) · submitted 1997
Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others.
tiny.ag/2cihxuml · ★★☆☆ Fair (96 ratings) · submitted 1997
Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss.
tiny.ag/fjmqiepc · ★★☆☆ Fair (98 ratings) · submitted 1997
Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye.
tiny.ag/rlehkt4m · ★★☆☆ Fair (88 ratings) · submitted 1997
Smile, it's free therapy.
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/rxylykkp · ★★☆☆ Fair (186 ratings) · submitted 1997
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.
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/gf6ry8xs · ★★☆☆ Fair (87 ratings) · submitted 1997
Thinking good thoughts is not enough, doing good deeds is not enough, seeing others follow your good examples is enough.
tiny.ag/xysizfch · ★★☆☆ Fair (79 ratings) · submitted 1997
The key to heaven's gate cannot be duplicated.
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