whats your fav saying or quote?

[Ostie]

This moves me...and describes the madness and horror of Nazism .... and the cruelty of WW2 Japanese.....

And the atrocities of the Balkan war, and the Ukraine war, and the Gaza war. . .it continues, and we never learn. We’re doomed to repeat the mistakes of history.

 

[Tom Bomb]

'How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world.'

-the bard
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[bigdaddybass12]

If you cant handle the answer, don't ask the question,
by Bigdaddybass

 

[fig]

Let's pick up the pace, Science. You need to find a cure for stupid people.
-someone in the forum, don't remember who.

 

[Tom Bomb]

"Nobody never sold nothin' wern't no good."
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Plainly an unruly truism. Works as a handy braking mechanism, sometimes, at the point-of-sale.

"A bird in the hand is handy."
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Pared-back twist on a tired old axiom. Works in tandem with the quip above.

"Never doubt that a small group of dopey, gormless individuals can change the world. Still, a very impressive effort, overall — must be one stomach-churning, hippopotamic diaper to deal with."
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Imagine the laundry bill. And the pong. Soiled again.

Give 'em a pat on the back.
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[ElectroVibe]

You are free to choose, but you are not free from the consequences of your choice.

 

[Tom Bomb]

"Two men look out through the same bars; One sees the mud, and one the stars."

-Frederick Langridge
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[hrodbert696]

Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by rulers as useful.
- Seneca

That one immediately rang false to me, because Latin doesn't have a word that corresponds to the English "religion," in the sense of a body of beliefs that could be considered true or false. The Latin word "religio" means public rituals and duties, including those to the gods (it's closely related to the word "obligation").

The actual quote appears to be from the 18th century historian Edward Gibbon, at least according to an archeologist on Quora:

"It’s not to be found in Seneca. It’s Edward Gibbon (1776):

“The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord." (Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol I, (New York: The Modern Library, 1995), p1."

The quote represents 18th century Enlightenment thinking, not 1st century Stoicism.

 

[fig]

That one immediately rang false to me, because Latin doesn't have a word that corresponds to the English "religion," in the sense of a body of beliefs that could be considered true or false. The Latin word "religio" means public rituals and duties, including those to the gods (it's closely related to the word "obligation").

The actual quote appears to be from the 18th century historian Edward Gibbon, at least according to an archeologist on Quora:

"It’s not to be found in Seneca. It’s Edward Gibbon (1776):

“The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true; by the philosopher as equally false; and by the magistrate as equally useful. And thus toleration produced not only mutual indulgence, but even religious concord." (Edward Gibbon, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol I, (New York: The Modern Library, 1995), p1."

The quote represents 18th century Enlightenment thinking, not 1st century Stoicism.

Personally, I don't care who said it. That aphorism has been said in various forms by many people.

Whatever form it takes, it's among my fav quotes or sayings, thus, I posted it here.

 

[ElectroVibe]

The enlightened period came just before two world wars, didn't it? Hmmm.

 

[ebo]

An eye for an eye will make us all blind.

 

[Deleted member 394181]

I have become, comfortably numb.
Roger Waters

 

[Jefenator]

"It's not a good deal if you don't need it."
- my dad

 

[hrodbert696]

The enlightened period came just before two world wars, didn't it? Hmmm.

Earlier than that - pretty much concludes in the French Revolution (1789) and the Napoleonic Wars (to 1815, though of course elements of the movement continue to be influential to this day (witness the quote). The Enlightenment is usually reckoned as starting with Descartes' publication of the Meditations on First Philosophy ("I think, therefore I am") in 1641.

 

[Tom Bomb]

"Put another nickel in, in the Nickelodeon."

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[lowplaces]

When told that another musician was "plagiarizing" his work, Woody Guthrie is reported to have said "He just stole from me. But I steal from everybody. Why I'm the biggest stealer there ever was."

 

[bearhart74]

What da ya want for nothing? ... a rubber biscuit?

 

[ElectroVibe]

Earlier than that - pretty much concludes in the French Revolution (1789) and the Napoleonic Wars (to 1815, though of course elements of the movement continue to be influential to this day (witness the quote). The Enlightenment is usually reckoned as starting with Descartes' publication of the Meditations on First Philosophy ("I think, therefore I am") in 1641.

I agree for the most part, but it's influence on some institutions lingered for a long time.

 

[hrodbert696]

I agree for the most part, but it's influence on some institutions lingered for a long time.

I literally said...

elements of the movement continue to be influential to this day (witness the quote).

 

[ElectroVibe]

I literally said...

Yes, but your first answer sounded like a correction to my post.