Altruism and Cynicism
173 aphorisms · 15 comments
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161–174 (174)
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/uaqbnf1k · ★★☆☆ Fair (316 ratings) · submitted 1997
All men are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality.
tiny.ag/uapy9tbq · ★★☆☆ Fair (119 ratings) · submitted 1997
A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child.
tiny.ag/mtktl96r · ★★☆☆ Fair (305 ratings) · submitted 1997
Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down.
tiny.ag/gvohc8br · ★★☆☆ Fair (3332 ratings) · submitted 1997
In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments -- there are consequences.
tiny.ag/poggndv0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (2925 ratings) · submitted 1997
Be polite to all, but intimate with few.
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/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/9djxhqx6 · ★★☆☆ Fair (116 ratings) · submitted 1997
If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments.
tiny.ag/td1vfiu9 · ★★☆☆ Fair (121 ratings) · submitted 1997
Cynics regard everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regard everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
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