What is your favorite quote? And why?

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Originally Posted by Eric, son of Chuck

'A fool will learn nothing from a wise man, but a wise man will learn much from a fool.'

I believe that is a misquote of Shakespeare. I'll see if I can get the real one, but off the top of my head, I think it's "The fool doth think he is a wise man, and the wise man know he be a fool."

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Its not Shakespear, its Aristotle... I think

'The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man
knows himself to be a fool.'
-William Shakespeare
As You Like It, Act V, Scene I

my favorite quote of all times is

'Really I don't like human nature unless all candied over with art.' - Virginia Woolf

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Originally Posted by starrwriter

Don't have to read it. Men are pigs, women are long-suffering victims. Doesn't that pretty much sum it up?

I have a long history with women. I was actually married to one for years. Some were worth knowing, others not -- just like the men I've known.

In modern countries women have things better today than ever before in history. They should be grateful instead of looking for faults in men or whining about the past.

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I'm sorry to trail off the subject, but this has upset me because I am a whining feminist.
See it is people like you who form the passive feminism that sits inside women who have been discriminated against. The reason why they don't speak out about being abused, and mistreated.
Feminism does not aim at the annihilation of the male gender, but rather equality between men and women. The fact that you seem to think that feministic values insult you, just goes to show how much you really know about the concept of feminism.
Furthermore, I'd really like to know what you think about racism against Native people, Black people, Jews, gays etc. Since the objective of fighting all these cases of discrimination have never been rightfully solved, I was wondering if you think that they should just stop 'whining' about their past because the statistics of racism have gone down in many countries - or is it only feminism that you think should quiet down. Keep into consideration that you do not see many women these days speaking out about discrimination against their gender, because they are ASHAMED.

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Originally Posted by charming_melind

I'm sorry to trail off the subject, but this has upset me because I am a whining feminist.

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I admire your spunk for admitting it.

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Originally Posted by charming_melind

See it is people like you who form the passive feminism that sits inside women who have been discriminated against. The reason why they don't speak out about being abused, and mistreated.
Feminism does not aim at the annihilation of the male gender, but rather equality between men and women. The fact that you seem to think that feministic values insult you, just goes to show how much you really know about the concept of feminism.

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I don't feel insulted at all, I'm just tired of hearing it all the time. You're preaching to the choir. I believe women should be paid as much as men for doing the same work, that the sexes should be treated as equals under the law, that women have the right to an abortion if they want it. But let's not pretend that men and women are carbon copies of each other. We are different in certain important ways and those differences should be respected and not ignored for the sake of feminism.

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Originally Posted by charming_melind

Furthermore, I'd really like to know what you think about racism against Native people, Black people, Jews, gays etc. Since the objective of fighting all these cases of discrimination have never been rightfully solved, I was wondering if you think that they should just stop 'whining' about their past because the statistics of racism have gone down in many countries.

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Yes. They should stop whining, take advantage of the legal gains they have made and get on with their lives. The main purpose of life is not to endlessly try to redress grievances, but to live as well as you can.

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Originally Posted by charming_melind

Keep into consideration that you do not see many women these days speaking out about discrimination against their gender, because they are ASHAMED.

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Nonsense on both counts. More women speak out about descrimination today than ever before. And no woman who has a legitimate complaint is ashamed to speak out unless they have allowed themselves to be silenced.

"Stagger onward, rejoicing" - W.H. Auden

"Am I not destroying my enimies when I befriend them?"
Lincoln

"A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing." -Dr. Johnson

My favorite quotation:

"On errands of death, these letters speed to death."
--Bartleby, The Scriviner by H. Melville

How about a quote from the most important historical person of the 20th century. I used to hang it up at work:

"Never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never--in nothing, great or small, large or petty--never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense." -Sir Winston Churchill

"Flattery is like chewing gum, enjoy it but dont swallow it"
cant rember
:D

"Flattery is like chewing gum, enjoy it but dont swallow it"
cant rember
:D

this is one of my favorite quotes :

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The Only Thing That Comes To A Sleeping Man Is Dreams --- Tupac Amaru Shakur

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'It's better to misquote than not to quote at all; but don't quote me on that' :brow:

i have 2 --
"green jars and white magnolias" F. Scott Fitzgerald
the imagery struck me twenty years ago when i read it in his Notebooks

and
the quote below...