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“It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.”

“The answer to the question ‘How many children do you have?’ and the one to the question ‘How many children are you raising?’ are not identical in all cases: some men are not taking care of their own children, some are knowingly or unknowingly raising other men’s children, and some do not even know that they each have a child, another child, or other children.”

“Some women wear a miniskirt to reveal their thighs; some wear one to conceal their age.”

“Some people’s self-esteem was secretly improved when they discovered that their then-lovers had killed themselves over them.”

“Nothing humbles a beautiful woman better than not being wanted by a man whose girlfriend or wife is ugly (or not as beautiful as she is).”

“If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.”

“Your relationship or marriage is dead or dying, if you almost always have to remind your partner to miss you (and/or they almost always have to remind you to miss them).”

“Most unintelligent or foolish people do not regard themselves as that; they regard themselves as not-that-intelligent or not-that-wise.”

“Some people ate less food less often when they each had a home than they now do as hobos.”

“You are more likely to find three TVs inside a randomly selected house than you are to find a single book that is or was not read to pass an exam, to please God, or to be a better cook.”

“Some women have kissed—and some are kissing—a lot of frogs, even though the very first man that they have each kissed was and is still a prince.”

“Taking good care of your husband or wife is the best way to thank their parent or parents for having taken good care of them.”

“Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.”

“Whenever He answers prayers, God usually prioritizes those by people who, instead of their mouths, have prayed with their hands and/or feet.”

“We human beings regard ourselves as (or compare ourselves to) animals only when it suits us.”

“Some people stride toward a better future. Others have chauffeurs.”

“Most people do not mind having a house that is smaller and/or a car that is cheaper than their neighbours’, as long as they each earn and have more money than their neighbours, and, equally important, their neighbours know that.”

“Most women sell sex; most of them just don’t take cash (nor do they each sell to more than one ‘client’ at a time).”

“There would definitely be way fewer instances of cheating, if the average couple did not have sex only when the woman feels like it.”

“Because he has finally realized that it is it and not him that is loved by the woman he loves, many a man is jealous of his own car, house, wardrobe, or salary.”

“Many a woman is in a relationship with or married to her man not because she loves him but only because she likes men like him.”

“Many a woman would not be in a relationship with or married to her man, if he earned half of what he earns; and many a man would not be in a relationship with or married to his woman, if he earned twice as much as he earns.”

“Some men are so indoctrinated that they sincerely believe that other than cooking and cleaning the only thing that a woman can do better than them is being a woman.”

“It is still cheating, even if nobody comes.”