Vice and Virtue
161 aphorisms · 5 comments
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141–160 (162)
tiny.ag/zk2aryim · ★★☆☆ Fair (122 ratings) · submitted 1997
There is no bad in good.
tiny.ag/roibaqpn · ★★☆☆ Fair (283 ratings) · submitted 1997
In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends.
tiny.ag/dlhqo5iy · ★★☆☆ Fair (778 ratings) · submitted 1999
The time is always right to do what is right
tiny.ag/5bldgyv4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (312 ratings) · submitted 1997
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
tiny.ag/pxnbu4ey · ★★☆☆ Fair (820 ratings) · submitted 1997
A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke.
tiny.ag/t2fxueny · ★★☆☆ Fair (101 ratings) · submitted 1997
Honor isn't about making the right choices. It's about dealing with the consequences.
tiny.ag/9yutw8at · ★★☆☆ Fair (83 ratings) · submitted 1997
It does not take much strength to do things, but it takes great strength to know what to do.
tiny.ag/edpzpyw4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (92 ratings) · submitted 1997
Life is like walking through snow: every step shows.
tiny.ag/hifvkpkc · ★★☆☆ Fair (328 ratings) · submitted 1997
A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience.
tiny.ag/3klonk4i · ★★☆☆ Fair (181 ratings) · submitted 1997
If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one?
tiny.ag/bpu9tj3d · ★★☆☆ Fair (296 ratings) · submitted 1997
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
tiny.ag/rdqgrf59 · ★★☆☆ Fair (370 ratings) · submitted 1997
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
tiny.ag/tgkornhe · ★★☆☆ Fair (1100 ratings) · submitted 1997
Yield to temptation -- it may not pass your way again.
Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love (Lazarus Long), in Vice and Virtue
tiny.ag/p3i4etjg · ★★☆☆ Fair (159 ratings) · submitted 1997
'Twas a woman who drove me to drink, and I never had the courtesy to thank her for it.
tiny.ag/xkpfj82n · ★★☆☆ Fair (490 ratings) · submitted 1997
Religion has done love a great service by making it a sin.
tiny.ag/kl7xzzq3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (1039 ratings) · submitted 1997
An eye for an eye would make the whole world blind.
tiny.ag/lqgxtc5y · ★★☆☆ Fair (900 ratings) · submitted 1997
The only tyrant I accept in this world is the still voice within.
tiny.ag/mabd7tri · ★★☆☆ Fair (117 ratings) · submitted 1997
Live so that your friends can defend you but never have to.
tiny.ag/tymlwb79 · ★★☆☆ Fair (3392 ratings) · submitted 1997
For a man to achieve all that is demanded of him, he must regard himself as greater than he is.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in Vice and Virtue and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/qeydmvyx · ★★☆☆ Fair (899 ratings) · submitted 1997
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will be clean.
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