“We seldom look up to the person; we usually look up to their persona.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Many a death was precipitated by the food, the job, or the medication whose main function was to postpone it.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“We are way less likely to love someone just because they love us than we are to hate someone just because they… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The least we each ought to do for someone who treats us like a king or a queen is to treat them… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
An aphorism is never exactly true; it is either a half-truth or one-and-a-half truths. — Karl Kraus Copy Share Image
“Death would not surprise us as often as it does, if we let go of the misbelief that newborns are less mortal… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Whether it is big or small, the size of a poor man’s yard incessantly reminds him that he is poor.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Most of us cling to life as if our existence were a result of our deed or choice.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The average adult hates being treated like a child, unless it suits them.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“When the enemy of my enemy is willing to use plasma weapons inside a hotel, I think I can do better than… — Howard Tayler Copy Share Image
“The most upsetting thing about Society’s attitude towards disabled people is that many millions of disabled people became disabled while trying to… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
An ancient Vedic aphorism says, "Infinite flexibility is the secret to immortality." When we cultivate flexibility in or consciousness, we renew ourselves… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
A man of fashion never has recourse to proverbs, and vulgar aphorisms; uses neither favourite words nor hard words, but takes great… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When in court, the primary role of lawyers is not to prove or disprove innocence; unbeknown to almost all lawyers and their… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“(The legal aphorism is that when the law is on your side, argue the law; when the facts are on your side,… — Paul A. Offit Copy Share Image
“To ask a man whether or not he has a girlfriend is to talk about his sex life. If you disagree with… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The healthy know not of their health, but only the sick: this is the physician's aphorism, and applicable in a far wider… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
The aphorism: a platitude that swerves, or slides all the way around. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“Eko brushed a tear from her eye, and Immo jeered at her, but father held up a hand. "Never mock a tender… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Some people talk about other people’s failures with so much pleasure that you would swear they are talking about their own successes.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Being bigheaded can be as irritating and as dangerous as being small-minded.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Santayana's aphorism must be reversed: too often it is those who can remember the past who are condemned to repeat it. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr Copy Share Image
“If I may paraphrase Hobbes 's well-known aphorism, I would say that 'books are the money of Literature, but only the counters… — Thomas Henry Huxley Copy Share Image
“Nothing humbles a beautiful woman better than not being wanted by a man whose girlfriend or wife is ugly (or not as… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Aphorisms have never seduced anybody, but they have fooled some into considering themselves worldly-wise. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“Attending a funeral would leave the average person insane, if they truly believed that sooner or later they are also going to… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“If Santa Claus was a politician, he would only put billboards promising the best Christmas presents.” — Ljupka Cvetanova Copy Share Image
