“There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti.”
Sir Edmund Hillary
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“There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti.”
Sir Edmund Hillary
that is great. Hi Jackyyyyy, hope you had a splendid time.
When I am no longer even a memory, just a name, I hope my voice may perpetuate the great work of my life. God bless my dear old comrades of Balaclava and bring them safe to shore. Florence Nightingale.
Oh, I always have a great time, sunny as heck here today. Hiya back to ya, hope everything is good in Fernie land.
"The balaclava is a great thing! I cover all suspecting criminals faces with one."
Jonathan Shapiro
great one Scher, though it also sounds amazingly like my daughter clearing her sinuses at night.
Among the rich you will never find a really generous man even by accident. They may give their money away, but they will never give themselves away; they are egotistic, secretive, dry as old bones. To be smart enough to get all that money you must be dull enough to want it." G.K. Chesterton
"Truth, Sir, is a cow, which will yield such people no more milk, and so they are gone to milk the bull."Quote:
Originally Posted by The Unnamable
Samuel Johnson
“sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?”
(usually translated as “who will guard the guards?”)
from the sixth Satire of Juvenal
"An honest man is always a child" Socrates,
Hullo you two, love you.
I've somehow been missing out on this thread. Hi all. :wave:
"Follies and nonsense, whims and inconsistencies do divert me, I own, and I laugh at them whenever I can."
~ Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
....................Anais NinQuote:
The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. There is always more mystery.
ooh , pretty,
HULLO darling pretty Shakespearian babe above Virg. I have missed you
When the bell tolls three times, it will announce that I have been killed. If I am killed by common men, you and your children will rule Russia for centuries to come; if I am killed by one of your stock, you and your family will be killed by the Russian people! Pray Tsar of Russia pray Grigori Rasputin
A few from HL Mencken:
The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animals. Some of their most esteemed inventions have no other apparent purpose, for example, the dinner party of more than two, the epic poem, and the science of metaphysics.
For it is the natural tendency of the ignorant to believe what is not true. In order to overcome that tendency it is not sufficient to exhibit the true; it is also necessary to expose and denounce the false.
The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.
"For it is the natural tendency of the ignorant to believe what is not true."
That caught my eye as a little ambiguous. Depends on how I look at it, I guess.
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Genuine ignorance is profitable because it is likely to be accompanied by humility, curiosity, and open mindedness; whereas ability to repeat catch-phrases, can't terms, familiar propositions, gives the conceit of learning and coats the mind with varnish waterproof to new ideas.
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John Dewey
I am THICK, now everyone do my job for me???? I might not be being genuine and it might be profitable.
If only. This by Houseman is closer to my way of seeing things:Quote:
Originally Posted by jackyyyy
“Frailty of understanding is in itself no proper target for scorn and mockery. But the unintelligent forfeit their claim to compassion when they begin to indulge in self-complacent airs, and to call themselves sane critics, meaning that they are mechanics. And when, relying on their numbers, they pass from self-complacency to insolence, and reprove their betters for using the brains which God has not denied them, they dry up the fount of pity.”
A E Houseman
what different worlds each of our minds occupy.That two so different opinions came come from the same subject.
The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten-thousand truths. -
Aleksandr Pushkin