“society is unconcerned with the aftermath of sensation.”
― John le Carré, Call for the Dead
"Promised berries will not fill the basket."
--Latvian proverb
@Germlat,
"The morning is wiser than the evening."
-- another Latvian proverb
@Lustig Andrei,
Lustig Andrei wrote:
"The morning is wiser than the evening."
-- another Latvian proverb
I've heard of that one. :-)
“All I'm saying is that it's shortsighted to blame TV. It's simply another symptom. TV didn't invent our aesthetic childishness here any more than the Manhattan Project invented aggression.”
― David Foster Wallace
“Thinking too much also creates the illusion of causal connections between unrelated events.”
― Steve Martin, The Pleasure of My Company
"Nobody understands a Latvian."
~ Estonian proverb
@George,
George wrote:
"Nobody understands a Latvian."
~ Estonian proverb
That may be why Russians consider Estonians as slow.
"A man trying to sell a blind horse always praises it's feet."
--German proverb
Love is like war: easy to begin but very hard to stop.
H. L. Mencken
Never knew the author of this before -
“Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies.”
― Oliver Goldsmith
@edgarblythe,
"Who is rich? One who learns from every man...Who is strong? One who overpowers his inclinations....Who is rich? One who is satisfied with his lot...Who is honorable? One who honors his fellows."
--Ben Zoma, Ethics of the Fathers, 4:1
"Nobody understands an Estonian."
~ Russian proverb
“Do you want a cookie?
- What?
- A cookie. Like an Oreo. Do you want one?
- No.
- How can you not want a cookie?
- I just don't.
- Okay, fine,let's say you did want a cookie. Let's say you were dying for a cookie, and there were cookies in the cupboard. What would you do?
- I'd eat a cookie?
- Exactly. That's all I'm saying.
- What are you saying?
- That if people want cookies, they should get a cookie. It's what people do.
- Let me guess. Dad won't let you have a
cookie?
- No. Even though I'm practically starving to death, he won't even consider it. He says I have to have a sandwich first.
- And you don't think that's fair.
- You just said you'd get a cookie if you wanted one. So why can't I? I'm not a little kid. I can make my own decisions.
- Hmm. I can see why this bothers you so
much.
- It's not fair. If he wants a cookie, he can have one. If you want a cookie,
you can have one. But if I want a cookie, the rules don't count. Like you
said, it's not fair.
- So what are you going to do?
- I'm going to eat a sandwich. Because I have to. Because the world isn't fair
to ten-year-olds.”
― Nicholas Sparks, The Last Song
“He comes, he sleeps, he goes. So the plot thickens.”
― Shadowlands
@Lustig Andrei,
Lustig Andrei wrote:
George wrote:
"Nobody understands a Latvian."
~ Estonian proverb
I think reading Estonian, Latvian and Russian on an American thread....wait...I'm on an episode of the Twilight Zone.
“As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
But on the other side it didn't say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.
- Woody Guthrie
"I'm spending a year dead for tax reasons"
--Douglas Adams
“The unfed mind devours itself.”
― Gore Vidal
