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Aphorisms by categories » Altruism and Cynicism
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Cynics are made, not born.
Unknown
Cynics regard everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regard everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
Robert Anton Wilson
Demagogue: One who preaches a doctrine he knows to be untrue to men he knows to be idiots.
Henry Louis Mencken
Do good by stealth.
Ray Prince
Don't tell any big lies today. Small ones can be just as effective.
Unknown
Egoist: A person of low taste, more interested in themselves than in me.
Ambrose Bierce
Egotism is the anesthetic given by a kindly nature to relieve the pain of being a damned fool.
Bellamy Brooks
Eulogy: Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead.
Ambrose Bierce
Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.
Joseph Conrad
Every calling is great when greatly pursued.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help Mom do the dishes.
P. J. O'Rourke
Everything is controlled by a small evil group to which, unfortunately, no one we know belongs.
Unknown
Everything is permitted.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Unknown
Few things are harder to put up with than a good example.
Mark Twain
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate.
Thomas Jones
George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but he also admitted doing it. Now, do you know why his father didn't punish him? Because George still had the axe in his hand.
Unknown
Getting caught is the mother of invention.
Robert Byrne
Give more than take.
Anthony J. D'Angelo
Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of the other person.
Mark Twain
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