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Don't be sorry. :) Oh, I was rifling through old posts and found this:
'Bad things are not something that happens to Other People.
They will happen to you. They will happen to the ones you love.
It will hurt. You will make it.
There is so much strength in a human being. There is so much strength in you. All of you. First to survive, and then to live.
Personally I think that life gets better. Good things happen too. Sometimes by chance. Sometimes by the help of others. Most of it you create. All your work now, all your hard studies are you creating better things for yourself. '
It's actually by Isaqel. I thought I'd stick it up here.
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thanks fayefaye... that is so great I am going to put it in my aim info.
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Thank you Faye! You made my day (now I need that blushing emoticon). I´m being quoted! How cool is that?
My favorite quote today is :
"You searched for a flower
and found a fruit
You searched for a well,
and found an ocean
You searched for a woman
and found a soul,
you´re disapointed"
Edith Södergran
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ok, I've got some that have been floating around in my head the last few days:
-Bite off more than you can chew, then chew like buggery
-all chances are 50/50. All you have to lose is inexperience
-When monster meets monster, one monster has to give way, AND IT WILL NEVER BE ME. (Alexandra Del Lago, Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth)
Something I've taken out of context to give the words broader meaning:
-'Everyone sees what you seem to be, few touch upon what you are, and those few do not dare to contradict the opinion of the many who have the majesty of the state to defend them;' (Machiavelli's The Prince)
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I need to apologise once more Faye, the teacher I was "comparing notes" of the translation leaft earlier than I thought and I haven't managed to post it yet as it needs correction (still not that good in Latin after all)... but I'm still on it :o. It's funny, translating from Latin to Czech and then from Czech to English ;). Should be able to post it hopefully on Monday :o.
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Don't stress. You're busy enough as it is. :)
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"Come on out here you old rat"
-Jhon Adams hunting the British
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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...
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NO PROBLEMO ;), anytime
so which one of these is your fav now that you know what it says? I like the Martial's one...
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definately the cicero and seneca ones. hey jay, check ur PM thingy. :)
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hey Faye, check yours ;)
and yeah, the Cicero's one is pretty cool too.
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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
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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
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"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
