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  • Fudi
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    • Apr 2018
    • 164

    #346
    "Young pigs grunt as old pigs grunted before them." (Danish Proverb, we think)
    Last edited by Fudi; 08-13-2020, 11:39 AM.

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    • Fudi
      Member
      • Apr 2018
      • 164

      #347
      "Henry James created more convincing women than Iris Murdoch put together."
      — Wilfred Sheed

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      • Fudi
        Member
        • Apr 2018
        • 164

        #348
        "A candor affected is a dagger concealed."
        — Marcus Aurelius

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        • Descifrador
          Member
          • Dec 2017
          • 37

          #349
          11949896971812381266light_bulb_karl_bartel_01.svg.med.pngIt just occurred to me: To avoid adding a quote more than once to this thread, and thus keep it as short as possible, we can enter parts of the quote into the thread searchbox at the top of the page
          to look for the quote before adding it.

          searchbox.png

          Last edited by Descifrador; 08-17-2020, 11:24 PM.

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          • Descifrador
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            • Dec 2017
            • 37

            #350
            “My poor head is in such a whirl, my mind is all in bits.”

            Attributed to: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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            • Fudi
              Member
              • Apr 2018
              • 164

              #351
              Hey Descifrador ... yeah, I usually do that - search before adding a new one to be sure it isn't there already ... well, often, I've already searched the forum (before solving and so knowing the answer) to find the answer I'm struggling with ... and then, if it's not there and I also can't find it on the Internet, once I figure it out, I post it to this forum.

              But, even if a hard quote gets posted multiple times here, it still serves its purpose, it seems to me. This, because I don't simply read this forum ... I use it to search through (using the searchbox with key words, like you said) when I'm stuck on a puzzle. So if I've given up on a quote, and I search here for "Danish proverb", and I see the one I'm looking for 2x or 3x or 100x, well, that's okay ... I still found what I was looking for.

              I do, though, just for the sake of avoiding redundancy, try to avoid posting here if I can find the quote in question either somewhere else in the forum or with an internet search.

              Of course, it goes without saying ... (though, admittedly, here I am indeed saying it), I do try pretty hard to solve on my own before resorting to any of these tactics. It's kind of cheating, of course - looking it up - and I'm kind of disappointed in myself when I do.

              Ah well. There are probably more serious crimes and ethical lapses in the world. Probably.

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              • Descifrador
                Member
                • Dec 2017
                • 37

                #352
                Originally posted by Fudi
                I see the one I'm looking for 2x or 3x or 100x, well, that's okay ... I still found what I was looking for.
                You're probably right. I was thinking only of people who may be trying to put together a list of quotes from this thread. Which I'm not, by the way.
                Last edited by Descifrador; 08-18-2020, 04:52 PM.

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                • Fudi
                  Member
                  • Apr 2018
                  • 164

                  #353
                  "My downfall raises me to infinite heights. "
                  — Napoleon Bonaparte

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                  • Fudi
                    Member
                    • Apr 2018
                    • 164

                    #354
                    "Live constructively and live optimistically."
                    — Alfred Armand Montapert

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                    • Eureka
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                      • Oct 2018
                      • 330

                      #355
                      "They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake. "

                      — Alexander Pope

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                      • Fudi
                        Member
                        • Apr 2018
                        • 164

                        #356
                        Love rules his kingdom without a sword. Proverb.

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                        • Fudi
                          Member
                          • Apr 2018
                          • 164

                          #357
                          This one is commented on in other posts on this forum, but isn't listed specifically as a Proverb, which is what I'd search for if I was struggling to solve it and trying to find it here. So, I'm adding this post, which may look like a duplicate of other posts about this quote, but really isn't:

                          "Who goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing. "
                          — Proverb

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                          • Fudi
                            Member
                            • Apr 2018
                            • 164

                            #358
                            "To refuse graciously is to confer a favor. "
                            — Publilius Syrus

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                            • Fudi
                              Member
                              • Apr 2018
                              • 164

                              #359
                              I love hockey, maple syrup and caramilk bars. - Justin Bieber

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                              • Fudi
                                Member
                                • Apr 2018
                                • 164

                                #360
                                "Instead of counting your days, make your days count."
                                — Unattributed

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