Obnoxiously difficult quotes

[montyb]

Aristotle

"Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work." Just as true today as his five elements of nature; earth, air, fire, water, and quintessence.

[gryhnd51]

Hedges between keep friendships green. Proverb

Clever father, clever daughter; clever mother, clever son. Proverb

Sow much, reap much; sow little, reap little. Proverb

Weeping bride, laughting wife; laughing bride, weeping wife. Proverb

He that winna be ruled by the rudder maun be ruled by the rock. Proverb

Do good, reap good; do evil, reap evil. CHinese proverb

Man who waits for roast duck to fly into mouth must wait very, very long time. Chinese Proverb

[imported_nanrich]

"Snowmen fall from heaven... unassembled." - Unattributed.

[gryhnd51]

"Popularity? It's glory's small change" quote by Victor Hugo

[montyb]

Another...

"Profits are an opinion, cash is a fact." Uattributed (whom else?)

[montyb]

Thanks are justly due for boons unbought. ~~ Ovid

"Stay is a charming word in a friend's vocabulary."

Throw out everything you know about letter frequency. Success rate 12.1 and average time 197 seconds.

[montyb]

My vote

"Spare your breath to cool your porridge."
— Miguel de Cervantes

[WineChick]

"I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy befall thee! "

"I happy am"???? William Blake, please speak English!!!

Give me Spanish translated quotes anyday...at least I speak Spanish, not British!

[wvwoman]

lurker, is it perhaps a newer one? that might explain the stats; 'people' is an easy word to spot, so i can't imagine...

[imported_Lurker]

Holy Cow!

I don't know if this one has been mentioned yet, but I've never seen such stats.

"People who rely most on God rely least on themselves." -Lemuel K. Washburn

2.2% success rate
Average time 651 seconds
Record time 11 seconds (bansaisequoia)

Aaaaah!!!!!! Thank you!

[Carrot]

. Safety means first aid to the uninjured.

Couldn't finish this one

Hello -

The following is what I think it should have been, but even after trying ALL of the "letters remaining" for the one letter left over, nothing worked! So I just gave up and never found out what it should have said!

If you know, please post!

"Safety _eans first aid to the uninsured." - Unattributed

The _ is for the missing letter.

No, "m" did not work

I believe the "letters remaining" were: b c g h j k l m p q v w x y z

Also, all of the letters in the quote are repeated at least once except the missing letter and the "h" in the, and the "o" in to.

Thanks!

[gryhnd51]

"If pedestrians obstacle your path, tootle horn melodiously." Japanese directions for English-speaking drivers

I personally LOVE this one, despite its difficulty.