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manganimefan227 08-13-2010 06:52 AM

"We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde

dogsbody70 08-16-2010 10:51 AM

ah the incomparable Oscar Wilde. thank you. How cruelly he was treated.


A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
George Bernard Shaw

V1nn1 08-16-2010 01:59 PM

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Originally Posted by dogsbody70 (Post 824612)
ah the incomparable Oscar Wilde. thank you. How cruelly he was treated.


A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
George Bernard Shaw

I like that one!


"Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail" -Ralph Waldo Emerson

I searched on the internet and I found this one :cool:

dogsbody70 08-16-2010 03:54 PM

Yes I like that last one and its true isn't it.

dogsbody70 08-16-2010 03:56 PM

Man cannot discover new oceans

until he has courage to lose sight of the shore


UNKNOWN.

V1nn1 08-16-2010 06:36 PM

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Originally Posted by dogsbody70 (Post 824644)
Yes I like that last one and its true isn't it.

Sure :D. I should definitely do that.

fubukishigo 08-16-2010 07:28 PM

i no naka no kawazu taikai o shirazu

井の中の蛙大海を知らず

"a frog in a well does not know the great ocean"

it's just excellent description of the most people we've ever meet :)

Luna135 08-17-2010 04:38 AM

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Originally Posted by fubukishigo (Post 824672)
i no naka no kawazu taikai o shirazu

井の中の蛙大海を知らず

"a frog in a well does not know the great ocean"

it's just excellent description of the most people we've ever meet :)

I like that quote alot.
" This above all to thy ownself be true".
Shakespeare

dogsbody70 08-17-2010 02:19 PM

Begin with the possible
begin with one step
there is always a limit

You cannot do more than you can

If you try to do too much

You will do nothing.


P D OUSPENSKY
G I GURDJLIEFF

dogsbody70 08-19-2010 05:15 PM

Life is like a wild tiger

You can either lie down and let it

Lay its paw on your head

Or sit on its back and ride it.

RIDE THE WILD TIGER.


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