“One of the main functions of a push-up bra is to lower the number of mothers who seem like mothers.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
An aphorism is a generalization of sorts, and our present-day writers seem more at home with the particular. — Anatole Broyard Copy Share Image
“Some people wish they were as happy as or happy like some people think they are.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Why must an aphorism be brief? Because only a fool gives a speech in a burning house.” — James Geary Copy Share Image
“We would have fed the world if we hadn't been throwing away food in the gap between the rich and the poor.” — Ljupka Cvetanova Copy Share Image
Beware of finding what you're looking for. A favorite aphorism he often used. — Richard Hamming Copy Share Image
“Adults who use big words in order to seem intelligent are annoying, especially those who are not intelligent.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Saying that you do not remember something or someone is a less embarrassing or hurtful way of saying that you do not… — 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
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
“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
“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
Exclusively of the abstract sciences, the largest and worthiest portion of our knowledge consists of aphorisms: and the greatest and best of… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
“Most human beings would have never been pained by the death of a human being if they had never seen a human… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
One of the aphorisms occurred to me now and I wrote it under the picture: "Fate and temperament are two words for… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
“Though you can live for as much as you like, but your longevity is stupidity if you were leading a worthless life.” — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
“An expensive coffin does not decrease the deceased’s chances of going to hell.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Aphorisms are literature's hand luggage. Light and compact, they fit easily into the overhead compartment of your brain. — James Geary Copy Share Image
“I would disapprove of another hospitable man who was excessive in friendship, as of one excessive in hate. In all things balance… — Homer Copy Share Image
“In reality most human beings are not, to most human beings, more important than money.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“A maid’s yard, house, wardrobe, fridge, etc. sometimes also serve as her master’s dustbin or dumpsite.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
A sentimental aphorism is even more a surprise than a hard- boiled sonnet. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
A definition is the enclosing a wilderness of idea within a wall of words. — Samuel Butler Copy Share Image
“A global awakening can not happen. We all live in different time zones.” — Ljupka Cvetanova Copy Share Image
“Most men would no longer enjoy conversing with most women if they stopped bringing their vaginas along.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“Being HIV positive doesn’t necessarily mean that you are going to die before each and every person who is HIV negative.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Aphorism, n.: A concise, clever statement you don’t think of until too late. — James Alexander Thom Copy Share Image
“The easiest way to get a promotion is with knowledge, i.e. if you know a thing or two about your boss.” — Ljupka Cvetanova Copy Share Image
“Some people will insult your intelligence by suddenly being nice or nicer to you once you make it … or they think… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
An aphorism is a personal observation inflated into a universal truth, a private posing as a general. — Stefan Kanfer Copy Share Image
“Pandora opened the box with the new high-heels, put them on and went out to town.” — Ljupka Cvetanova Copy Share Image
“We are sometimes dragged into a pit of unhappiness by someone else’s opinion that we do not look happy.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
“The last time everyone loved or at least liked everyone was when the world had a population of about 4.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
I believe aphorisms are best when first read in the wild, free from the confines of any categories. — James Geary Copy Share Image
Finding a thought for an aphorism is not hard. Putting a kink in its tail is the hard part. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
An aphorism should be like a burr: sting, ... and leave a little soreness. — Irving Layton Copy Share Image
The perfect aphorism would achieve classical balance and then immediately upset it. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
An aphorism ought to be entirely isolated from the surrounding world like a little work of art and complete in itself like… — Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Copy Share Image
“Some people hate people who are overconfident, only because their overconfidence reminds them of their underconfidence.” — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
