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  • pegxpeg
    Member
    • Apr 2015
    • 1

    #211
    "Be of love a little more careful than of anything."
    — E. E. Cummings

    It's message is clear and simple, but I had such a hard time with this on.

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    • momn8r
      Member
      • Feb 2008
      • 28

      #212
      It had only one fault. It was kind of lousy."
      — James Thurber

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      • GtrZan
        Member
        • Mar 2013
        • 18

        #213
        "Patience when teased often transforms into rage."
        -Proverb


        Of COURSE it's a proverb! Grrrrrrrrrr......

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        • GtrZan
          Member
          • Mar 2013
          • 18

          #214
          "Our democratic capitalist society has converted Eros into an employee of Mammon."

          — Octavio Paz

          MAMMON?!?!
          EROS?!?

          talk about red-herrings, sheesh!

          (and employee didn't help, but it will next time I see it)

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          • LLapp
            Premium Member
            • Aug 2014
            • 462

            #215
            "Not to know me argues yourselves unknown." - John Milton

            YOW. I don't even understand what it means!

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            • aerie

              #216
              Originally posted by LLapp
              "Not to know me argues yourselves unknown." - John Milton

              YOW. I don't even understand what it means!
              Perhaps he meant, "If you don't know me (famous, important me), then you cannot be important enough to be known to me".

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              • munchlet
                Member
                • Mar 2008
                • 85

                #217
                That's not what John Milton meant, at least not in reference to himself. This quote is excerpted from Paradise Lost, and the speaker is Satan. Click below for context.

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                I recently solved it myself. Nasty. I hope not to solve any more quotations from John Milton, 17th century English mystic, but then there's Shakespeare.

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                • macmilh

                  #218
                  I Need Help

                  I get this puzzle almost every month, and don't have a clue:

                  YES KMBZYUR JXUBIS FZIC YES MBQSXQDI - H.L. Mencken

                  I don't see it on this forum, so I'm guessing you great solvers will think I need to go back to school (and you're probably right!).

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                  • skeeter
                    Member
                    • Jan 2015
                    • 5

                    #219
                    Underdog quote

                    YES KMBZYUR JXUBIS FZIC YES MBQSXQDI - H.L. Mencken
                    The lunatic fringe wags the underdog.
                    (That having been said, I cannot shed light on the meaning.)

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                    • macmilh

                      #220
                      Thanks, Skeeter

                      Thanks so much, Skeeter. I don't think I ever would have solved that one!

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                      • letfreedomring
                        Premium Member
                        • Jan 2015
                        • 14

                        #221
                        Blasted Bieber quote but Barnabas to the rescue

                        Here's a Bieber quote that I couldn't get without the help of Barnabas. I focused on his age and his profession, rather than the fact that he's Canadian…duh

                        "I love hockey, maple syrup and caramilk bars".

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                        • guavamango

                          #222
                          I'm Stumped

                          Help! I can't solve this one - can you?

                          PV JMY ZGDX'K IGZFNPXU, JMY ZGDX'K FTPPXU

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                          • GtrZan
                            Member
                            • Mar 2013
                            • 18

                            #223
                            I know I shouldn't, but...

                            If You Aren't Crashing, You Aren't Skiing

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                            • guavamango

                              #224
                              Thanks

                              Originally posted by GtrZan
                              If You Aren't Crashing, You Aren't Skiing
                              Thanks very much - but why shouldn't you? Is there a rule against helping out?

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                              • wvwoman
                                Member
                                • Feb 2019
                                • 6

                                #225
                                no, there certainly isn't!

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