That which yields is not always weak.
Jacqueline CareyTags: aphorism flexibility
If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.
Napoléon BonaparteTags: self-reliance aphorism
Eko brushed a tear from her eye, and Immo jeered at her, but father held up a hand. "Never mock a tender heart," he said.
Orson Scott CardTags: sentiment aphorism mockery
Laughter is the antidote to existential pain
S. Spencer BakerTags: pain philosophy humour aphorism
I will never do this, says one, yet does it: I am resolved to do this, says another; but flags upon second Thoughts: Or does it, tho’ awkwardly, for his Word’s sake: As if it were worse to break his Word, than to do amiss in keeping it.
William PennTags: aphorism
Wear none of thine own Chains; but keep free, whilst thou art free.
William PennTags: aphorism
All Excess is ill: But Drunkenness is of the worst Sort.
William PennTags: aphorism
All Excess is ill: But Drunkenness is of the worst Sort. It spoils Health, dismounts the Mind, and unmans Men: It reveals Secrets, is Quarrelsome, Lascivious, Impudent, Dangerous and Mad. In fine, he that is drunk is not a Man: Because he is so long void of Reason, that distinguishes a Man from a Beast.
William PennTags: aphorism
Melancholy: an appetite no misery satisfies.
Emil M. CioranTags: melancholy syllogism aphorism misery
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
Tags: humour violence aphorism
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