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Wilfred
12-07-2003, 06:33 PM
Here is an interesting quote that I found. It was made by one of the greatest philosophers of our times. Can anyone guess who it is?
"True happiness can only be found through contentment with our misrible life."

Wow, that is deep.

MacBeth
12-10-2003, 06:34 PM
I'm not quite sure, but Bertrand Russell did say something of the sort.

Wilfred
12-10-2003, 11:23 PM
good guess, close, but actually not at all.

fayefaye
12-12-2003, 04:56 AM
so why don't you just tell us?

Wilfred
12-12-2003, 12:30 PM
That would be no fun.

azmuse
12-17-2003, 05:37 AM
Wilfred? (knocks on Wilfred's monitor screen) Tell us Wilfred!

I hate Jane Austen
12-17-2003, 01:37 PM
stop knocking on my monitor screen. then maybe i will tell you.

azmuse
12-17-2003, 05:07 PM
that was only because i didn't get far staring into its eyes.

subterranean
12-18-2003, 10:19 PM
Is it allow to use the serch engine? :p

Jay
12-18-2003, 11:08 PM
IT IS :p (I hope), you can't know ALL of the quotes...

subterranean
12-19-2003, 12:06 AM
Not working, I tried (even www.quoteland.com said no match found). I give up

crisaor
12-20-2003, 04:01 PM
Woody Allen?

AbdoRinbo
12-20-2003, 10:04 PM
Sounds like something Woody Allen would say.

sloegin
12-21-2003, 07:01 AM
The Simpsons?

subterranean
12-21-2003, 10:39 PM
Which Simpsons? I bet it was Homer

fayefaye
12-22-2003, 08:23 AM
nah. No way it was the simpsons.

fayefaye
12-24-2003, 05:46 AM
Was it Oscar Wilde (just a guess)
ok, if I stump you on a quote, will you tell us?

'In this world, there is nothing to believe in'
who said it?

fayefaye
12-26-2003, 12:44 AM
come on wanda. here's another;
'Who loves fears not the tempest, but fears only loves fading'

subterranean
12-29-2003, 10:37 PM
Originally posted by fayefaye
nah. No way it was the simpsons.


Faye, never underestimate the Simpsons ;)

crisaor
12-30-2003, 03:22 PM
She doesn't. She just thinks that they couldn't said that in their current state. Check this thread (http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1366) for more details.

fayefaye
12-31-2003, 06:32 AM
No, I said it because I've seen nearly all the episodes, the good ones several times, and I would probably know if they'd said that. I don't bother with the recent ones, but since the quality's slipped so much, I sincerely doubt they would write something like that.

David J
12-31-2003, 12:37 PM
I think it was Wilfred himself - he's quoting himself I'd bet

subterranean
01-02-2004, 08:14 AM
Originally posted by fayefaye
No, I said it because I've seen nearly all the episodes, the good ones several times, and I would probably know if they'd said that. I don't bother with the recent ones, but since the quality's slipped so much, I sincerely doubt they would write something like that.



*She took my post seriously*

Cheers Faye;)

fayefaye
01-07-2004, 07:17 AM
omg.. I have no sense of humour... :D

Cheers Sub. ;)

Lizzie
08-01-2004, 11:52 PM
So, who are the owners of Wilfred and Fayefaye quotes? Don't leave us in total ignorance please.

Liz

subterranean
08-03-2004, 08:13 PM
ops, sorry Liz, i wanted to explain but i completely lost about this topic

Cheers :)

seeker
08-05-2004, 06:08 PM
was it Thomas a'Kempis?

Lizzie
08-05-2004, 07:25 PM
Subterranean, what do you mean with "I wanted to explain but i'm completly lost about this topic"?
Can anyone, please, just give me a straigth answer and tell us all who are the owners of the quotations? Pleeese... Thank you.

Liz

amuse
08-06-2004, 12:05 AM
oh my goodness, Lizzie, your avatar is gorgeous.

Lizzie
08-06-2004, 04:26 PM
Thank you very much Amuse, I like it too. I find it very meaningful...

Best compliments,
Liz

mono
08-19-2004, 12:28 AM
I very strongly doubt your prediction, David J, that Wilfred thought of that quote himself; he shows no intelligence by outlandishly making a point of disliking Emily Dickinson and Jane Auste on other threads, but lists no reasons. My guess for the quote however: I think it sounds either like Aristotle (especially in his Nicomachean Ethics), Plato, Immanuel Kant, or John Stuart Mill.

mono
08-19-2004, 12:30 AM
Buddha also came to mind, just after I clicked to post my thread.

Pickles
08-20-2004, 05:29 PM
A wag "wild a$$ guess,", the quote reminds me of India so my guess is Gandhi

verybaddmom
08-20-2004, 07:14 PM
i think we are wasting our breath here, as it appears that wilfred hasnt been online since january. perhaps he's forgotten about us.