Aphorism Quotes
Some of the best things that have ever happened to us wouldn’t have happened to us, if it weren’t for some of the worst things that have ever happened to us.
There’s no such thing as a good or bad person: there are just people who have each been or seem to have been good or bad to you, someone, or some people, thus far.
Some people will insult your intelligence by suddenly being nice or nicer to you once you make it … or they think you have.
Most women would each be left with fewer dreams or without a dream, if the institution of marriage were to be abolished.
Most of the very few people who would choose a good heart over riches would eventually use that to either make a lot of money, or attract men or women who are rich.
I have a wide circle of friends, wide enough to keep them away from me.
If Socrates was alive today he would say : I know that I know everything. That's what contemporary philosophers do.
It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.
You are more likely to find three TVs inside a randomly selected house than you are to find a single book that is or was not read to pass an exam, to please God, or to be a better cook.
We are generally treated based on how much or little we have, earn, or know—or seem to have, earn, or know.
An ignorant man who is regarded as knowledgeable by people who are more ignorant than him is still ignorant.
One of the most common and most dangerous misbeliefs is that it is impossible for someone to be stupid just because they are a doctor or a lawyer.
If a man has his eyes bound, you can encourage him as much as you like to stare through the bandage, but he'll never see anything.
We have glorified wealth and freedom so much that it is impossible for most of us to truly believe that a man can truly be happy in a shack or within the confines of a prison cell.
We love being mentally strong, but we hate situations that allow us to put our mental strength to good use.
Nothing holds back human progress as frequently as the misbelief that the words ‘impossible’ and ‘improbable’ are synonyms.
I would disapprove of another hospitable man who was excessive in friendship, as of one excessive in hate. In all things balance is better.
Most people are willing to promise you a lot. A few are those who can promise you a little, just as much as they can.
It’s easy to count other people’s mistakes. Make your own if you can.
You can make fun of yourself and people will laugh at you. If you’re smart, you’ll end up as a comedian. If you’re not, you’ll end up as a clown.
When the enemy of my enemy is willing to use plasma weapons inside a hotel, I think I can do better than stupid aphorisms, General.-Captain Kevyn Andreyasn
