Sponsor |  Perko | Nov 13, 2004 6:25pm | "Tout passe, tout lasse, tout casse" --French Proverb
translates as "everything allows, everything breaks, everything passes"
at least I think... been a looong time since I've spoken french. Can anyone tell me the exact words of this proverb, and from whence it came? I remember being really impressed by it. |
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Sponsor | | Brizdaz | Nov 15, 2004 12:18am | "To handle yourself,use your head;to handle others,use your heart."
- Donald Laird |
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Sponsor | | anb | Nov 18, 2004 2:04pm | Zen Nuggets
Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not
walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk
beside me, either. Just leave me the hell alone.
Sex is like air. It's not important unless you
aren't getting any.
If you lend someone $20, and never see that person
again, it was probably worth it.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach
him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat & drink beer all day.
If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a
mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize
them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.
If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try
missing a couple of car payments.
It is far more impressive when others discover your
good qualities without your help.
It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply
to serve as a warning to others.
Never test the depth of the water with both feet.
Always remember you're unique.
Just like everyone else.
Don't be irreplaceable. If you can't be replaced,
you can't be promoted.
It's always darkest before dawn. So if you're going
to steal your neighbor's newspaper, that's the time to
do it. |
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|  |  188679 | Nov 24, 2004 1:12pm | The recipe for perpetual ignorance is: be satisfied with your opinions and content with your knowledge.
Elbert Hubbard |
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| | | wiccagirl3 | Feb 27, 2006 8:03am | Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
- Albert Einstein |
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| | | Sue-Anne | Apr 11, 2006 4:29pm | "Never confuse ignorance with stupidity. Ignorance can be cured."
-Anon |
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Sponsor | | KwanYin | Jun 28, 2006 3:38am | There is an Indian Belief that everyone is in a house of four rooms:
A physical, a mental, an emotional and a spiritual. Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time, but unless we go into every room everyday, even if only to keep it aired, we are not complete.
-Rumer Godden (House of Four Rooms) |
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Sponsor | | nickstreet36 | Jun 28, 2006 3:46am | "We must be the change that we wish to see in the world."
~ Gandhi |
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| | | 137864 | Jul 7, 2006 8:05am | Why do you do the things you do everyday?
For what reason do you breathe?
- Tyrus Smith |
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