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Don't stress. You're busy enough as it is. :)
"Come on out here you old rat"
-Jhon Adams hunting the British
Yeah, GOT IT Faye ;). Thought it would go faster... but got it in the end :), ehm, but kinda using three different grammars left it kinda not so English :o
SENECA: exigua pars est vitae quam nos vivimus
- what we live is a tiny fraction of life
OVID: meminerunt omnia amantes
- lovers (loved ones) remember all (everything)
PLAUTUS: semper flamma flummo proxima
- the fire is always near(by) the smoke
CICERO: nihil tam absurdum quod non dictum sit ab aliquo
- nothing is such a nonsense not to be said by someone (anyone)
PLAUTUS: nihil homini amico est opportuno amicius
- there is nothing more endearing (plesant, likeable) for man than a friend who appears suitably
MARTIAL: si post fata venit gloria non propero
- if the words come after death, I have no need to hurry
and oh my, there's no chance I'm gonna have that much posts as long as I'm in uni...
THANKS JAY!!:)
NO PROBLEMO ;), anytime
so which one of these is your fav now that you know what it says? I like the Martial's one...
definately the cicero and seneca ones. hey jay, check ur PM thingy. :)
hey Faye, check yours ;)
and yeah, the Cicero's one is pretty cool too.
Here's some more Classical Quotes:
The child is father to the man
Seneca
Call no man happy until he is in his grave
Herodotus
Silence has many fine things
Unknown (Greek)
And here's some more provokative ones from William Blake:
The tigers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction
Better to kill an infant in its bed than nurse unacted desires
When the doors of perception are cleansed everything will appear to man as it is - infinite
And here's one from the Buddha:
If you meet the buddha on the road, kill him
O and here's a couple by Jim Morrison:
They say everyone was born but I don't recall it. Maybe I was having one of my blackouts.
Death makes angels of us all
and gives us wings where we had shoulders
smooth as raven's claws
"Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?" "That depends a good deal on where you want to get to." "I don't much care where..." "Then it doesn't matter which way you go..." --conversation between Alice and the Cheshire cat
"Purge me with hyssop and i shall be clean; wash me and i shall be whiter than snow. Teach me to hear joy and laughter, that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice."
"You have many friends, don't you Pooh?" "Yes, but only one Piglet."
"Before you criticise someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That
way, when you criticise them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes."
"Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life."
"Getting an education was a bit like a communicable sexual disease. It made you unsuitable for a lot of jobs and then you had the urge to pass it on."
"Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time."
"The truth may be out there, but lies are inside your head."
"Remember -- that which does not kill us can only make us stronger."
- "And that which does kill us leaves us dead!"
"You did something because it had always been done, and the explanation was "but we've always done it this way." A million dead people can't have been wrong, can they?"
"There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who, when presented with a glass that is exactly half full, say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to those who can look at the glass and say: What's up with this glass? Excuse me? Excuse me? This is my glass? I don't think so. My glass was full! And it was a bigger glass!"
"Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions. People die, and nothing changes."
All of them by Terry Pratchett
Also, I like these:
"Nostalgia is not what it used to be."
"The secret of happiness is not the money. It is the amount of it."
'The belief that time is a linear, directed sequence running from A to B is a modern illusion. In fact, it can also go from B to A, the effect producing the cause'. Umberto Eco "Foucault's Pendulum"
I also like
'To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time,
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.'
Shakespeare of course.
rofl :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Taliesin
hmm, now...:)Quote:
"Don't put your trust in revolutions. They always come around again. That's why they're called revolutions. People die, and nothing changes."
All of them by Terry Pratchett"The secret of happiness is not the money. It is the amount of it."
"The true purpose of life is to serve humanity." (Leo Tolstoy)
"The only source of knowledge is experience." (Albert Einstein)
From the book of Isaiah:
'Fear not, for I Have redeemed you. I have called you by your name. You are mine. When you pass through the waters, I will be with you. And through rivers, they shall not overflow you. When you walk through fire, you shall not be burned, neither shall the flame kindle against you, for I am the Lord your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Saviour.
"God is a comedian playing to an audience too afraid to laugh."
--Voltaire
"If you are going through hell, keep going."
--Winston Churchill
"It does not do to dwell on dreams"--Dumbledore
To combat those who've never really read Harry Potter but still think they ought to be banned.
;) Then how about this one too...
"Men are not disturbed by things, but the view they take of things."
--Epictetus (AD 55-135)
I have nothing to declare exept my genius
Time is like a drug. Too much of it kills you.
Please do not shoot the pianist. He is doing his best.
Albo lapillo notare diem - To mark a day with a white stone
Exoriare aliquis nostris ex ossibur ultor - May some avenger arise from my bones.
If no one loved, the sun would go out.
-Victor Hugo, Les Miserables
†
pura vida
seeker
If the facts don't fit the theory, change the facts."
-- Albert Einstein
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?"
-- Albert Einstein
"Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity."
-- Albert Einstein
The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men."
-- Plato
"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most." --Mark Twain
"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Thomas Alva Edison
Either that wallpaper goes or I do.
Attributed to Oscar Wilde on his deathbed.
Thus in the beginning the world was so made that certain signs come before certain events.
"on old age"
cicero
nice guys sometime win,
but only if they learn to snarl
jay leno
Life is what happens to us while we are making other plans
I'll throw in a few unimportant and meaningless quotes:
"I got my eye on you. And I don't blink." -- Nigel Uno
"Yay, I'm a llama again! Wait." -- Kuzco
"No matter how good you are, there's always a billion other people better than you." -- Homer Simpson --> this one is actually true
I don't know if it has been said here, but I'll say it anyway:
"All attempts to achieve heaven on earth have always ended in hell on earth."
Popper
i like that one best; then again im a pyro...Quote:
PLAUTUS: semper flamma flummo proxima
- the fire is always near(by) the smoke
I have also been taking a liking to Kahlil Gibran:
"Let me, O let me bathe my soul in colours; let me swallow the sunset and drink the rainbow."
(Kahlil Gibran’s letter November 8, 1908.)
two rights don't make a left... they make a plain.
I love that one, but I can't remember the author
i read your quotes one by one, and like them very much.
but i think it will be better to write out why you like them.
and if there is one thing has some relationship with them, please write it down, and that will be much better
Some of my favorites (i have a whole books worht that jsut keeps getting bigger and bigger...)
In my frail canoe I struggle to cross the sea of desire and forget that I too and playing a game.
-tagore
An age builds of cities; an hour destroys them.
- seneca
We must learn to live together as brothers or parish together as fools
Martin luther King, jr
nobody shoots at santa claus
alfred E smith
it is useless to send armies against ideas
gregory brandes
do not insult the mother alligator until after you have crossed the river
haitian proverb
when you shoot an arrow of truth dip its point in honey
arab proverb
its not that im afraid to die, i just dont want to be there when it happens
woody allen
after scolding one's cat
one looks into its face
and is siezed by the ugly suspicion
that it understood every word
and has filed it away for future reference
charlotte gray
(this is so true, my cats love to pee on the worst possible places at the worst possible times afte ryou piss em off, eg, the bed at three o clock in the morning on a week night when you hav eto get up at six the next morning.)
all are equal in the eyes of death and the bus driver
(dont know, tell me if you do)
You have to know the rules before you can break them
Scott Johnson (my english teacher)
whenever you come near the human race ther's layers and layers of nonsense.
thornton wilder, Our Town
we have not inherited the earth from our parents. We are borrowing it from our children.
(native american i think, tell me if you know)
i cut & pasted, then googled to confirm the last quote - thought it was native american as well. turns out, it's been attributed to native americans, kenyans, and more:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q...=Google+Search
btw, love your quotes. & your location.
hey thanks :)
"The mind is like a parachute: it doesn't work unless it's open."
"Some Scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe."
(both by Frank Zappa)
"Difficile est satiram non scribere." (The hard thing is to NOT write satire)
(Decimus Junius Juvenalis)
"The world is a fine place, and worth fighting for."
- Ernest Hemingway, For Whom the Bell Tolls
I should just copy paste the Sunscreen song..i love all the stuff he says..
Do Not Read Beauty Magazines... They Will Only Make ... You... Feel.. Ugly!
Dance The Funky Chicken on Your 75th Wedding Anniversary!
tee hee hee
if you guys havent heard that song already, i suggest you do!
Pheww...sad but true..Quote:
Originally Posted by Taliesin
"Not to sound crass, but instead of complaining about stupid people why don't we remove all the warning labels and let the problem solve itself?" - Anonymous internet hero
i just found my big list of quotes, so here it goes!
Truth quenches untruth, love quenches anger, self-suffering quenches violence. This eternal rule is a rule not for saints only but for all.
-Gandhi
My work will be finished if I succeed in carrying conviction to the human family, that every man or woman, however weak in body, is the guardian of his or her self-respect and liberty, and that this defence prevails, though the world be against the individual resister.
-Gandhi
Confession of errors is like a broom which sweeps away the dirt and leaves the surface brighter and clearer. I feel stronger for confession.
-gandhi
I worship God as Truth only. I have not yet found Him, but I am seeking after Him. I am prepared to sacrifice the things dearest to me in pursuit of this quest. Even if the sacrifice demanded my very life, I hope I may be prepared to give it.
-Gandhi
"Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent."
-Victor Hugo
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"The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, with the truth. "
-Alfred Adler
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"I disagree with what you say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it"
-Voltaire
"Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road. "
-Voltaire
"All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God. "
Voltaire
"Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy; the mad daughter of a wise mother. "
-Voltaire
"Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do. "
-Voltaire
"A witty saying proves nothing. "
-Voltaire
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"Never let your sense of morals get in the way of doing what's right."
--- Isaac Asimov ---
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"People do not lack strength; they lack will. "
-Victor Hugo
"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved. "
-Victor Hugo
"He who opens a school door, closes a prison. "
-Victor Hugo
"If no one loved, the sun would go out."
-Victor Hugo
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"Probably the toughest time in anyone's life is when you have to murder a loved one because they're the devil."
-Emo Philips
"I was at a bar nursing a beer. My nipple was getting quite soggy."
-Emo Philips
"I love to go down to the schoolyard and watch all the little children jump up and down and run around yelling and screaming. They don't know I'm only using blanks."
-Emo Philips
"When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I realised that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to forgive me."
-Emo Philips
"You don't appreciate a lot of stuff in school until you get older. Little things like being spanked every day by a middle aged woman: Stuff you pay good money for in later life."
-Emo Philips
"I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians. Your Christians are so unlike your Christ."
-- Gandhi
"Hatred ever kills, love never dies; such is the vast difference between the two. What is obtained by love is retained for all time. What is obtained by hatred proves a burden in reality for it increases hatred. "
-gANDHI
"Whenever I see an erring man, I say to myself I have also erred; when I see a lustful man I say to myself, so was I once; and in this way I feel kinship with everyone in the world and feel that I cannot be happy without the humblest of us being happy. "
-Ghandi
"The moment there is suspicion about a person's motives, everything he does becomes tainted." -Ghandi
"I do not want my house to be walled in on all sides and my windows to be stuffed. I want the cultures of all the lands to be blown about my house as freely as possible. But I refuse to be blown off my feet by any. I refuse to live in other people's houses as an interloper, a beggar or a slave. "
-Ghandi