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

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      • "Patience when teased often transforms into rage."
        -Proverb


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

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

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

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            • Originally posted by LLapp View Post
              "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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              • 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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                • 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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                  • 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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                    • Thanks, Skeeter

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

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                      • 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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                        • 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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                          • I know I shouldn't, but...

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

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                            • Thanks

                              Originally posted by GtrZan View Post
                              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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                              • no, there certainly isn't!

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