Poignant Proverbs

[Turtle]

A good example is the best sermon.

- Ben Franklin -

[Turtle]

He that lives on hope dies fasting. *

- Ben Franklin -

 

*When this originally appeared in print it read, "He that lives on hope dies farting." Franklin later wrote it as it appears above, and the earlier version is considred a misprint. Hard to tell with ol' Ben. :)

[Turtle]

No gains without pains - Ben Franklin :singer:

[Turtle]

They that multiply riches, multiply cares.* - Ben Franklin

 

*Seeing as how Ben is dead and can't complain, I rewrote his quote(s) and replaced "He" with "They". Rich ladies have to be careful too after all. :D

[TheFaithfulStone]

Mo' money, mo' problems?

 

tfs

[Pyrotex]

There was this movie, “Arabian Nights”.

It was another retelling of

The Thousand and One Arabian Nights story,

And a very good one at that.

Near the beginning, Shaharazad confronts her father

And derides him for being just a story teller.

His response was,

“People need their stories more than they need food”.

When I heard this line, alarms went off in my head.

I realized that I had just heard not just a truth,

But a Great Truth.

 

We need our stories more than we need food.

[Pyrotex]

"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away."

--- Phillip K Dick

 

First Corollary to Dick's Law:

The invisible and the non-existent look a lot alike.

[InfiniteNow]

It's better to ask for forgiveness than to ask for permission. -- a coworker.

[Buffy]

The boy who cried forgiveness was eaten by it.

-- Buffy (a long-time manager sick of hearing people ask for it)

[InfiniteNow]

Those who recognize the importance of candles in another's faith tend more often to be clearer in their own.

[Turtle]

Not even wrong. - Peter Woit

[infamous]

Being sorry just never seems to fix things the way one would like. But staying sorry might keep one from ever failing again.................Infy

[InfiniteNow]

"Kicking yourself while you are down doesn't help you to stand up any faster." - iNow in previous life as kung fu instructor.

[Pyrotex]

"A plan or a design is, by definition, on paper. A so-called plan or design you think you have in your mind is just a fuzzy notion."

--Pyro when he was a lead programmer

[Turtle]

The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful. -Æsop

[Turtle]

Every man[sic] for himself. - Æsop

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[hallenrm]

We must have reasons for speech

but we need none for silence