Altruism and Cynicism

173 aphorisms · 15 comments

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161–174 (174)

tiny.ag/uaqbnf1k · ★★☆☆ Fair (316 ratings) · submitted 1997

All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.

tiny.ag/pl60skge · ★★☆☆ Fair (52 ratings) · submitted 1997

Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness.

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/aoh5h6tb · ★★☆☆ Fair (1649 ratings) · submitted 1999

Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.

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.

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/eh4xjmzt · ★★☆☆ Fair (188 ratings) · submitted 1997

Love thy neighbor as thyself, but choose your neighborhood.

tiny.ag/ojk8xbtj · ★★☆☆ Fair (981 ratings) · submitted 1997

Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.

tiny.ag/vr4hxjva · ★★☆☆ Fair (1237 ratings) · submitted 1997

Egoist: A person of low taste, more interested in themselves than in me.

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.

tiny.ag/dzggn7ah · ★★☆☆ Fair (916 ratings) · submitted 1997

Politeness: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

tiny.ag/ixcdrxvs · ★★☆☆ Fair (249 ratings) · submitted 1997

The covers of this book are too far apart.

tiny.ag/tnwmsadk · ★★☆☆ Fair (75 ratings) · submitted 1997

Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.

tiny.ag/oswh8aui · ★★☆☆ Fair (231 ratings) · submitted 1997

The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.

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