A Proverb A Day

**ClouD** · 10-08-2007 03:38 PM

"An ideal form of government is democracy tempered with assassination." ~ Voltaire

Also,

"Anyone who has the power to make you believe absurdities has the power to make you commit injustices." ~ Voltaire

**Howie** · 10-08-2007 03:53 PM

Voltaire has a lot of good sayings.
the latter is Peregrinus' Sig.

"Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination" -Voltaire

pj · 10-08-2007 04:18 PM

In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring.
--Enid Bagnold

**Howie** · 10-08-2007 04:49 PM

Originally Posted by pj

In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring.
--Enid Bagnold

Thank you pj.

"Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that's the stuff life is made of." - Benjamen Franklin

**Howie** · 10-15-2007 11:37 PM

Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten."
--B. F. Skinner,
psychologist, inventor and author

**ClouD** · 10-16-2007 05:38 PM

"Judge ye not so that ye may not be judged." - Jesus

**Oneironaught** · 10-16-2007 07:57 PM

A person is tallest when stooping to help another - Taken from Highland Electrix

**Howie** · 10-19-2007 12:52 AM

A person is tallest when stooping ~~to help~~ ON another -[/quote]

A great saying: Brilliance is not thinking outside the bos, it is realizing there IS no box.

....
Ha ha
In a spelling error, I stumbled on something better:
Brilliance is not think of your boss, it is realizing there is no boss!

**ClouD** · 10-19-2007 05:56 PM

"I found God!" "Not quite. You found Satan. I'll give you another day."

**Howie** · 10-31-2007 08:31 PM

SmartQuote

There is nothing that gives more assurance than a mask."

--Colette,
French novelist

Another from the Bed & Breakfast:
The soil of goodness is fertile ground, love and respect will grow in abundance there.

**Howie** · 11-02-2007 02:40 AM

Eyesight may diminish with age. But all other forms of vision - hind site, fore site, second site, and insight all improve as we grow.

**Howie** · 11-04-2007 02:11 PM

Possessing much knowledge is like having a thousand foot fishing line with a hook, but the fish is always an inch beyond the hook.

**ClouD** · 11-04-2007 03:52 PM

"Reshape yourself through the power of your will...
Those who have conquered themselves...live in peace, alike in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, praise and blame...To such people a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same...Because they are impartial, they rise to great heights." ~ Krishna

**Howie** · 11-06-2007 03:14 PM

Originally Posted by ClouD

"Reshape yourself through the power of your will...
Those who have conquered themselves...live in peace, alike in cold and heat, pleasure and pain, praise and blame...To such people a clod of dirt, a stone, and gold are the same...Because they are impartial, they rise to great heights." ~ Krishna

Nice - conquere yourself. I like that. ---Inherently evil?

Supply and demand. That is the sad state of human consumption and rise and fall of need.
If rocks were scarce, they would be on wedding bands.

SmartQuote

Nothing is so contagious as enthusiasm."

--Samuel Taylor Coleridge,
English poet, critic and philosopher

**Howie** · 11-10-2007 03:08 AM

"Great minds think alike."
~ Stupid minds don't think alike.

"I like to dream, but I like to make things happen."

▲ What a great one for advocating lucidity eey?

**Howie** · 11-11-2007 12:45 AM

Ten thousand flowers in spring
the moon in autumn,
a cool breeze in summer,
snow in winter.
If your mind isn't clouded by unnecessary things,
this is the best season of your life.
-Wu-men

As I approach snow plowing season.

Dbl + posting an issue here?

**♥Mark** · 11-11-2007 12:50 AM

Does wisdom only come in the form of poetry, or what?

**Howie** · 11-11-2007 12:57 AM

Originally Posted by Mark75

Does wisdom only come in the form of poetry, or what?

If poetry is all you perceive, then yes?

**♥Mark** · 11-11-2007 01:00 AM

Originally Posted by Howie

If poetry is all you perceive, then yes?

As far as this thread goes, that is all I'm perceiving.

**KuRoSaKi** · 11-11-2007 12:57 AM

"Time does not give two fucks or a damn" - Nujabes

**Howie** · 11-16-2007 01:37 PM

"You cannot dream yourself into a character; you must hammer and forge yourself one."
--James A. Froude,
English historian

James needs to learn more about lucid dreaming, or does he?

**Howie** · 11-18-2007 04:31 PM

"When it comes to getting things done, we need fewer architects and more bricklayers." -Colleen C. Barrett

**Howie** · 11-21-2007 02:37 AM

A vacation is what you take when you can no longer take what you've been taking."
--Earl Wilson,
columnist and author

Vacation

~someday

**Howie** · 11-22-2007 12:02 AM

"It is part of the cure to wish to be cured!" - Seneca

**Oneironaught** · 11-22-2007 08:43 PM

Don’t cry because it’s over, SMILE because it happened. - unknown

A smile is a curve that sets everything straight. - unknown

To receive a smile, give one away. - unknown

Originally Posted by Howie

"It is part of the cure to wish to be cured!" - Seneca

That is so true it bears re-quoting. Intention is the secret behind much success and healing.