“To evade insanity and depression, we unconsciously limit the number of people toward whom we are sincerely sympathetic.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
The aphorism sometimes casts off cynicism and expresses strong feeling. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
The quoting of an aphorism, like the angry barking of a dog or the smell of overcooked broccoli, rarely indicates that something… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We have the highest authority for believing that the meek shall inherit the earth; though I have never found any particular corroboration… — F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead Copy Share Image
“We are loved way more by some of the people who have not contacted us in the last twelve or so months… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The harder life is for a man when he is young, the easier it will be in the future.” — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
Aphorisms are food for thought - like sushi, they come in small portions that are both delicious and exquisitely formed. And, like… — James Geary Copy Share Image
“Some people avoid thinking deeply in public, only because they are afraid of coming across as suicidal.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Most unintelligent or foolish people do not regard themselves as that; they regard themselves as not-that-intelligent or not-that-wise.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Everything flows and water bills are getting higher and higher.” — Ljupka Cvetanova Copy Share Image
My premise is that the popular aphorism that 'all religions are fundamentally the same and only superficially different' simply is not true.… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
“The Vine of Life grows a single melon. The color of the heart is unknown until the rind is split.” — Jack Vance Copy Share Image
The First Aphorism of Religion Cases: Only the religious convictions of other people are weird. Yours are perfectly rational. — Dahlia Lithwick Copy Share Image
An aphorism is a single sentence that totally exhausts its subject. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
The lyric deals with love and sorrow, the aphorism with contradiction and deceit. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
We often feel that a clever aphorism captures a truth that would require pages to defend in any other way. — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
“Almost everything we call "higher culture" is based on the spiritualization of cruelty.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
On the last day, when the general examination takes place, there will be no question at all on the text of Aristotle,… — Robert Bellarmine Copy Share Image
