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Altruism and Cynicism
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# · Not So Good (12 ratings) · submitted 1997
The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.
# · Good (9 ratings) · submitted 1997
You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.
# · Not So Good (3 ratings) · submitted 1997
All government — indeed, every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act — is founded on compromise and barter.
# · Bad (3 ratings) · submitted 1997
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
# · Bad (one rating) · submitted 1997
Getting caught is the mother of invention.
# · Not So Good (3 ratings) · submitted 1997
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.
Simon Cameron, in Altruism and Cynicism and Law and Politics
# · Not So Good (10 ratings) · submitted 1997
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
# · Not So Good (3 ratings) · submitted 1997
An excuse is the mark of a moral coward.
# · Bad (one rating) · submitted 1997
We must believe in luck. For how else can we explain the success of those we don't like?
Jean Cocteau, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure
# · Not So Good (25 ratings) · submitted 1997
Every age is fed on illusions, lest men should renounce life early and the human race come to an end.
# · Good (one rating) · submitted 1997
A dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit.
# · Bad (one rating) · submitted 1997
He who hesitates is probably smart... or maybe stapled to the floor.
# · Bad (one rating) · submitted 1997
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king... and the one-eyed man with the high heels and the feather boa is queen.
# · Good (3 ratings) · submitted 1997
Life is a tragedy for those who feel, and a comedy for those who think, and a docudrama with ugly actors for those who film docudramas.
# · Not So Good (2 ratings) · submitted 1997
The only absolute knowledge worth attaining is that your life is meaningless. — My life? Well now, that's another story...
# · Very Good (one rating) · submitted 1997
You are cautious in showing your true self to others. Have you thought about plastic surgery?
# · Unrated · submitted 1997
Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen.
# · Very Good (one rating) · submitted 1997
Man usually avoids attributing cleverness to somebody else — unless it is an enemy.
Albert Einstein, in Altruism and Cynicism and Success and Failure
# · Not So Good (4 ratings) · submitted 1997
A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions.
# · Not So Good (17 ratings) · submitted 1997
I am free of all prejudices. I hate everyone equally.
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