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 One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832)
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Not a lot of people seem to know this.
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Rubbish.
"Supposin' I was to go to work and learn how to... to read writin'. Well, how'd I know that the feller that... that wrote the writin' was a writin' the writin' right? See it could be that he wrote the writin' all wrong. Here I'd be just a readin' wrong writin', don't ya see? You probably been doin' it your whole life, just a readin' wrong writin' and not even knowin‘ it." Festus
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Rubbish x's 2
"Life is an attitude. It's what you choose to believe, always!"
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In Italy we have a say: "better one day ad a lion than 100 days as a sheep." It's a typically romantic attitude, but it doensn't possibly apply to everyday life. Besides, it seems really dangerous and a bit on the "terrorist" side, don't you think?
Fama di loro il mondo esser non lassa/misericordia e giustizia li sdegna/non ragioniam di lor, ma guarda e passa (Dante, Commedia)
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Didn't we already had this quote on another day?
Little drops of water~Little grains of sand~Make the mighty ocean~And the pleasant land~So the little moments~Humble though they be~Make the mighty ages ~Of Eternity/by Julia Fletcher Carney
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I frequent this site, given its remarkable ability to stimulate the mind. The re-posting of today's quote is cause to reconsider. Have we reached the bottom of the quotes barrell?
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I think I'd think that way during that one hour, but be hurting during the eternity before and after. If nothing else, I'd be bored and ennui and despondence are just a slippery slope away
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ChildofTheKing wrote:I frequent this site, given its remarkable ability to stimulate the mind. The re-posting of today's quote is cause to reconsider. Have we reached the bottom of the quotes barrel? Hmmm, very interesting. I have been aware for some time that words in TFD's match-up game tend to re-appear as well. I'm thinking this quote repetition was just an error though.
}- Mark -{It is good to rub and polish your mind against that of others.—Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592)
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Sir Walter Scott wrote:One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry decorum. By my count, TFDers disagree with Sir Wally by a 4:1 ratio. So let me make that 4:2. I think he was absolutely correct.
}- Mark -{It is good to rub and polish your mind against that of others.—Michel de Montaigne, essayist (1533-1592)
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It's the Thespian faction within TFD to see if we're paying attention, not to worry.
"Supposin' I was to go to work and learn how to... to read writin'. Well, how'd I know that the feller that... that wrote the writin' was a writin' the writin' right? See it could be that he wrote the writin' all wrong. Here I'd be just a readin' wrong writin', don't ya see? You probably been doin' it your whole life, just a readin' wrong writin' and not even knowin‘ it." Festus
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ChildofTheKing wrote:I frequent this site, given its remarkable ability to stimulate the mind. The re-posting of today's quote is cause to reconsider. Have we reached the bottom of the quotes barrell? never
Little drops of water~Little grains of sand~Make the mighty ocean~And the pleasant land~So the little moments~Humble though they be~Make the mighty ages ~Of Eternity/by Julia Fletcher Carney
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ChildofTheKing wrote:"I frequent this site, given its remarkable ability to stimulate the mind. The re-posting of today's quote is cause to reconsider. Have we reached the bottom of the quotes barrell?" Voila!
"Supposin' I was to go to work and learn how to... to read writin'. Well, how'd I know that the feller that... that wrote the writin' was a writin' the writin' right? See it could be that he wrote the writin' all wrong. Here I'd be just a readin' wrong writin', don't ya see? You probably been doin' it your whole life, just a readin' wrong writin' and not even knowin‘ it." Festus
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ChildofTheKing wrote:I frequent this site, given its remarkable ability to stimulate the mind. The re-posting of today's quote is cause to reconsider. Have we reached the bottom of the quotes barrell? Sometimes a quote gets repeated often but I haven't seen too many on here twice.
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