• Adages, Axioms, Proverbs, etc.
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[I]pro·verb /ˈprävˌərb/ Noun A short pithy saying in general use, stating a general truth or piece of advice. Synonyms saying - adage - byword - saw - dictum - maxim[/I] I like to read novels and stumble upon sayings and proverbs from different parts of the world and times in history, so I thought I'd make a thread about them. Here's one of my favorite ones from history (during the American Civil War.) [QUOTE]Lincoln told a story of Ethan Allen, an American Revolution war hero who went to Britain after the war. (And who oddly enough has a furniture company named after him.) After he arrived, the British, still upset about having lost the war, put their measly Brit minds together and came up with a plot to try to embarrass Allen by putting a large portrait of George Washington in the only outhouse where he might encounter it. They had hoped Allen would be upset about the indignity of George Washington being in an outhouse. That night, after dinner and conversation, Allen made his way out, candle in hand, and did his business. He came back in as high of spirits as ever. “Didn’t you see George Washington in there?!” they said. “Oh yes,” said Allen. “Perfectly appropriate place for him” “What do you mean?” They said. “Well,” he said, “there is nothing to make an Englishman shit faster than the sight of General George Washington.[/QUOTE] So post whatever ones you can think of or find.
"For there is one thing we must never forget... the majority can never replace the man. " -Adolf Hitler
He who smelt it, delt it -Gandi
"May God have mercy on my enemy because I sure as hell won't." George S. Patton
Per audacia ad astra
[quote]Mono no aware (もののあはれ?), literally "the pathos of things," and also translated as "an empathy toward things," or "a sensitivity to ephemera," is a Japanese term for the awareness of impermanence (無常 mujō?), or transience of things, and a gentle sadness (or wistfulness) at their passing.[/quote] the most depressing saying i have ever heard
i aint sayin she a gold digga, but she aint goin with no broke nigga. - edgar allan poe
am i in gd or ft? some of these posts man...
So... quotes, then? [I]Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few[/I] - Winsoton Churchill
[I]Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.[/I] ~Oscar Wilde I love it when people say that without realising it was said by fucking [I]Oscar Wilde[/I].
none of you are posting axioms, you're posting unfunny jokes or famous quotes from famous people. an axiom is more along the lines of, "an eye for an eye makes the whole works blind," or, "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."
Here's a few I found out about last thursday. I've been using them nonstop [QUOTE]better safe than sorry bros before hoes boys will be boys haters gonna hate [/QUOTE] I think you'll be able to incorporate them in your daily speech effortlessly.
Shouldn't this be in fast threads? -Garry Newman
[QUOTE=GoldenGnome;40788478]none of you are posting axioms.. "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."[/QUOTE] [video=youtube;Yi7l_0L4m9I]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi7l_0L4m9I[/video]
You guys aren't posting axioms or proverbs at all.
[QUOTE=johnsten;40784766]the most depressing saying i have ever heard[/QUOTE] Weltschmerz [editline]26th May 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=GoldenGnome;40788478]none of you are posting axioms, you're posting unfunny jokes or famous quotes from famous people. an axiom is more along the lines of, "an eye for an eye makes the whole works blind," or, "a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush."[/QUOTE] The German equivalent for the last one is [I]Lieber den Spatz in der Hand als die Taube auf dem Dach.[/I] Rather a sparrow in the hand than a pidgeon on the roof. and [editline]26th May 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Jamsponge;40786706][I]Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.[/I] ~Oscar Wilde I love it when people say that without realising it was said by fucking [I]Oscar Wilde[/I].[/QUOTE] Well it's a sardonic kind of self-awareness.
[quote]On what principle is it that, when we see nothing but improvement behind us, we are to expect nothing but deterioration before us?[/quote]
[I]Everybody knows the game doesn't stop, try to make it to the top, before your ass gets popped.[/I] - Young Jeezy
Whatever happens, happens.
to be or not to be - a dick
"It is well that war is so terrible, or we would grow too fond of it." - Robert E. Lee
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"Mankind must put an end to war, or war will put an end to mankind" -JFK
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder" I like this one because I'm not exactly the most beautiful person in the world
"If it looks stupid, but it works, it isn't stupid"
A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.
I like the phrase, "Hotter than two rats fucking in a wool sock," if we're posting things that aren't really adages/axioms/proverbs while we're here. You get what you pay for. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Don't fuck with it if you can't outrun it.
If its hostile, you kill it.
a miss is as good as a mile a poor workman always blames his tools better to light a candle than to curse the darkness carpe diem those are my favorite ones.
If we're doing phrases still, I really enjoy 'Memento Mori' Remember, you are mortal
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