Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
Aphorisms in This Category
161–174 (174)
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/ojk8xbtj · ★★☆☆ Fair (981 ratings) · submitted 1997
Bigot: One who is obstinately and zealously attached to an opinion that you do not entertain.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/vr4hxjva · ★★☆☆ Fair (1237 ratings) · submitted 1997
Egoist: A person of low taste, more interested in themselves than in me.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in Altruism and Cynicism
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/tnwmsadk · ★★☆☆ Fair (75 ratings) · submitted 1997
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
tiny.ag/rxmfom0a · ★★☆☆ Fair (96 ratings) · submitted 1997
The relationship between truth and a newspaper is like the relationship between the color green and the number seven. Occasionally you will see the number seven written in green, but you learn not to expect this.
tiny.ag/nqcfjvh0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (57 ratings) · submitted 1997
Natives who beat drums to drive off evil spirits are objects of scorn to smart Americans who blow horns to break up traffic jams.
tiny.ag/sc3tpgkp · ★★☆☆ Fair (174 ratings) · submitted 1997
We have met the enemy, and he is us.
tiny.ag/mnrh4p2b · ★★☆☆ Fair (608 ratings) · submitted 1997
Always forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
John F. Kennedy, in Altruism and Cynicism and Vice and Virtue
tiny.ag/eh4xjmzt · ★★☆☆ Fair (188 ratings) · submitted 1997
Love thy neighbor as thyself, but choose your neighborhood.
tiny.ag/oswh8aui · ★★☆☆ Fair (231 ratings) · submitted 1997
The only normal people are the ones you don't know very well.
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/crm6g7ll · ★★☆☆ Fair (120 ratings) · submitted 1997
We can do no great things; only small things with great love.
tiny.ag/f9zmepch · ★★☆☆ Fair (46 ratings) · submitted 1997
He is one of those people who would be enormously improved by death.
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