Inverse Aphorism: Inspiration Free Enlightenment; a compendium of Convoluted Wisdomatics & Obverse Observations

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Theists think all gods but theirs are false. Atheists simply don't make an exception for the last one.
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Since the beginning of recorded history, humanity has preserved, recorded and revered the distilled essences of wisdom known as aphorisms....

Whether providing practical advice or expressing profound cynicism, the intrinsic aphoristic YIN necessitates a corresponding YANG, or Inverted Aphorism (IA).

The IA may be revealed by means of a simple inversion:

The Early Worm is
gotten by the Bird.

Exposing the IA may require convolutions of logic:

Spilt Milk is worth crying over, because who otherwise would ever invent convenient anti-bacterial handi-wipes?

The ancients well knew: That which hides the hidden is the un-hidden.

aphorism, n.

  1. A tersely phrased statement of a truth or opinion; an adage.
  2. A brief statement of a principle.

[French aphorisme, from Old French, from Late Latin aphorismus, from Greek aphorismos, from aphorizein, to delimit, define: apo-, apo- + horizein, to delimit, define; see horizon.]