Great quotes/sayings

[Dr Jekyll]

"Wish I didn't know now what I didn't know then"
Bob Seger

[Frank7]

“It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it”,
Robert E. Lee, at Fredericksburg VA.


“Give me liberty, or give me death”,
Patrick Henry, at the second Virginia Convention, Richmond VA, March 1775.


“We’ve got tonight, who needs tomorrow?
We’ve got tonight babe, why don’t you stay?”
Bob Seger song written by Billy Preston.

[Frimley111R]

Lions don't worry about the opinions of sheep

[glazbagun]

I have recently discovered pre-revolutuonary writer/philosopher Denis Diderot who has some great quotes, including:

"Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."

"We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter."

"You live as if you were destined to live forever, no thought of your frailty ever enters your head, of how much time has already gone by you take no heed. You squander time as if you drew from a full and abundant supply, so all the while that day which you bestow on some person or thing is perhaps your last. You have all the fears of mortals and all the desires of immortals… What foolish forgetfulness of mortality to defer wise resolutions to the fiftieth or sixtieth year, and to intend to begin life at a point to which few have attained."

[Cotty]

Crossflow Kid said:

If it’s got wheels or tits it’ll give you trouble.

I always liked "If it flies, floats or fks, rent it by the hour"

[AW111]

I've cut it twice and it's still too short!

[HIAO]

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

and, in a connected theme.

It is good from time to time to kill an admiral to give courage to others.

[Einion Yrth]

HIAO said:

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

and, in a connected theme.

It is good from time to time to kill an admiral to give courage to others.

To encourage the others, or in the original French;
‘il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres’. Voltaire, Candide.

[tertius]

Einion Yrth said:

HIAO said:

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

and, in a connected theme.

It is good from time to time to kill an admiral to give courage to others.

To encourage the others, or in the original French;
‘il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres’. Voltaire, Candide.

But to “give courage” is the literal meaning of “encourage” ...

[Einion Yrth]

tertius said:

Einion Yrth said:

HIAO said:

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

and, in a connected theme.

It is good from time to time to kill an admiral to give courage to others.

To encourage the others, or in the original French;
‘il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres’. Voltaire, Candide.

But to “give courage” is the literal meaning of “encourage” ...

A fair point, but I think there's a subtle difference of meaning, and I prefer my reading. YMMV

[tertius]

Einion Yrth said:

tertius said:

Einion Yrth said:

HIAO said:

The beatings will continue until morale improves.

and, in a connected theme.

It is good from time to time to kill an admiral to give courage to others.

To encourage the others, or in the original French;
‘il est bon de tuer de temps en temps un amiral pour encourager les autres’. Voltaire, Candide.

But to “give courage” is the literal meaning of “encourage” ...

A fair point, but I think there's a subtle difference of meaning, and I prefer my reading. YMMV

Also a fair point, especially as his court martial actually acquitted Byng of personal cowardice ... a pretty sad episode really.

[Trophy Husband]

A description of lazy from one of my Irish workmates.

"If work was in the bed, the fecker would sleep on the floor."

[thepeoplespal]

When an alcoholic was asked about coming into a bar to have a bit of craic and just taking a soft drink:

"If you dont want a haircut dont hang about in a barbers."

[Frimley111R]

Not sure why this one popped into my head but it's from a song by Travis...

'If I hadn't seen such riches I could live with being poor.'

[Tango13]

Frimley111R said:

Not sure why this one popped into my head but it's from a song by Travis... James....

'If I hadn't seen such riches I could live with being poor.'

Ftfy

[irocfan]

Tango13 said:

Frimley111R said:

Not sure why this one popped into my head but it's from a song by Travis... James....

'If I hadn't seen such riches I could live with being poor.'

Ftfy

oh sit down - there's not point in picking posts to pieces

[Frimley111R]

irocfan said:

Tango13 said:

Frimley111R said:

Not sure why this one popped into my head but it's from a song by Travis... James....

'If I hadn't seen such riches I could live with being poor.'

Ftfy

oh sit down - there's not point in picking posts to pieces

He was born of (music artist) frustration so not his fault.