Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
Aphorisms in This Category
41–60 (174)
tiny.ag/iobj0muk · ★★☆☆ Fair (476 ratings) · submitted 1997
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
tiny.ag/rlehkt4m · ★★☆☆ Fair (88 ratings) · submitted 1997
Smile, it's free therapy.
tiny.ag/u5uejalg · ★★☆☆ Fair (387 ratings) · submitted 1999
Never give a sucker an even break and never smarten up a chump.
tiny.ag/vkemi9qo · ★★☆☆ Fair (191 ratings) · submitted 1997
Start every day off with a smile and get it over with.
tiny.ag/xhlm9fsi · ★★☆☆ Fair (101 ratings) · submitted 1997
In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
tiny.ag/7guwnmr1 · ★★☆☆ Fair (879 ratings) · submitted 1997
I don't want any "yes-men" around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs.
tiny.ag/6jxieopf · ★★☆☆ Fair (466 ratings) · submitted 1997
A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company.
tiny.ag/mcsdq3k5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (117 ratings) · submitted 1997
A learned County Court judge in a book of memoirs recently said that the overwhelming amount of his time on the bench was taken up "with people who are persuaded by persons whom they do not know to enter into contracts that they do not understand to purchase goods that they do not want with money that they have not got."
tiny.ag/u1edofwc · ★★☆☆ Fair (103 ratings) · submitted 1997
One nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people.
tiny.ag/kvgolwyi · ★★☆☆ Fair (278 ratings) · submitted 1998
The danger today is not so much that machines will learn to think and feel but that men will cease to do so.
tiny.ag/pyitdvns · ★★☆☆ Fair (288 ratings) · submitted 1997
I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.
tiny.ag/l9caw6tv · ★★☆☆ Fair (124 ratings) · submitted 1997
A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions.
tiny.ag/bx0vlces · ★★☆☆ Fair (323 ratings) · submitted 1997
Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else -- unless it is an enemy.
Albert Einstein, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure
tiny.ag/rx3wkhug · ★★☆☆ Fair (133 ratings) · submitted 1997
You are cautious in showing your true self to others. Have you thought about plastic surgery?
tiny.ag/vlei56tn · ★★☆☆ Fair (334 ratings) · submitted 1997
Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.
tiny.ag/bsgtnfh5 · ★★☆☆ Fair (2967 ratings) · submitted 1997
tiny.ag/dhapqbwl · ★★☆☆ Fair (1112 ratings) · submitted 1997
Have a strong mind and a soft heart.
Anthony J. D'Angelo, The College Blue Book, in Altruism and Cynicism
tiny.ag/purgb27l · ★★☆☆ Fair (105 ratings) · submitted 1997
A dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit.
tiny.ag/tacuwmyh · ★★☆☆ Fair (146 ratings) · submitted 1997
He who hesitates is probably smart... or maybe stapled to the floor.
tiny.ag/qr9ysjed · ★★☆☆ Fair (328 ratings) · submitted 1997
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
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