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Thursday is Quote Day... this time I kick off the weekly thema

Dec 12, 2018,07:07 AM

with a single quote and some homework for additional credit...

"Atque metum tantum concepit tunc mea mater, / Ut pareret geminos, meque metumque simul" - Thomas Hobbes (used as the epigraph for "The Pleasure of the Text" by Roland Barthes)

Translation: "And thus with so much fear (that) my mother conceived at that time, that she gave birth to twins, to me and to Fear at the same time." - Thomas Hobbes

Roland Barthes (uncredited publicity still)

You might wonder why I am going on about Barthes rather than Hobbes... that's the homework bit.

Roland Barthes is an author that is so compact and full that you want to quote him, but without context the 'one liners' can be a one way trip down the rabbit hole. I am not suggesting you actually read "The Pleasure of the Text" by Roland Barthes, that might be too much...subtle nudge. Rather start with an article about the Barthes's essay (Link).

Casey

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" You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be led"

By: Cpt Scarlet : December 12th, 2018-07:29

Stan Laurel.

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.

By: Uncle Chico : December 12th, 2018-07:52

Inside a dog, it's too dark to read." Groucho Marx

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." Groucho Marx. [nt]

By: kjkt3 : December 12th, 2018-08:24

One of my favorites :) [nt]

By: Ares501 - Mr Green : December 13th, 2018-01:10

Truth is one of mankinds most precious commodities...

By: claes_t : December 12th, 2018-10:37

...therefore it must be used sparingly.

XD

By: InHavenPro : December 12th, 2018-11:06

Excellent . Cheers, Filip

Excellent one my friend [nt]

By: Ares501 - Mr Green : December 13th, 2018-01:10

Thnx,

By: claes_t : December 13th, 2018-01:44

I believe it was Mark Twain. And I have almost certainly misquoted him😄

Someone around here clearly got that message. [nt]

By: TheMadDruid : December 13th, 2018-08:43

Please elaborate [nt]

By: claes_t : December 13th, 2018-08:47

By "here" I meant here in the U.S. of A. [nt]

By: TheMadDruid : December 13th, 2018-12:51

Lol, I understand. [nt]

By: claes_t : December 13th, 2018-12:53

No message body You are referring to all the fake news 😄

There's Churchill's corollary to consider . . .

By: Dr No : December 17th, 2018-15:03

. . . as well. The qualifier of 'wartime' is, perhaps, not nearly as pertinent today. Art

Thursday Quotes

By: InHavenPro : December 12th, 2018-11:12

'I have the courage to be mistaken.' 'Genuine tragedies in the world are not conflicts between right and wrong. They are conflicts between two rights.' - Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel 'Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holdin...

Thursday is Quote Day... this time I kick off the weekly thema

Thursday is Quote Day... this time I kick off the weekly thema

" You can lead a horse to water, but a pencil must be led"

"Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.

"Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana." Groucho Marx. [nt]

One of my favorites :) [nt]

Truth is one of mankinds most precious commodities...

XD

Excellent one my friend [nt]

Thnx,

Someone around here clearly got that message. [nt]

Please elaborate [nt]

By "here" I meant here in the U.S. of A. [nt]

Lol, I understand. [nt]

There's Churchill's corollary to consider . . .

Thursday Quotes

Filip... I enjoy the Kierkegaard quotes...

!

The Socrates one.. for when one is about to sell a watch hehe. Good set, Filip (nt)

;D

Some good one liners here already...

"Most philosophers are really deeply depressed because they can’t produce anything worthwhile.”

XD....