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Don't bask in the praise of a good deed done, go on to do the next one. Marcus Aurelius.

No tomar el sol en la alabanza de un beneficio hecho, ir a hacer la siguiente.

Add a quote you like. Añadir una cita te gusta.

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updated Feb 21, 2016
posted by ian-hill
Good day Sir Ian. xo - rac1, Sep 15, 2015
Hola Lady Amber xx - ian-hill, Sep 15, 2015
Hola amigos de mod, como están - ray76, Sep 15, 2015
Bien gracias amigo. - ian-hill, Sep 15, 2015
Hola Raymon. xo - rac1, Sep 15, 2015

25 Answers

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What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Lo que esta en nuestro pasado, lo que esta en nuestro futuro, cosas insignificantes comparadas con lo que esta dentro de nosotros.

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updated Sep 17, 2015
edited by rac1
posted by rac1
:) - ian-hill, Sep 15, 2015
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Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Sólo dos cosas son infinitas, el universo y la estupidez humana, y no estoy seguro de la primera.

Albert Einstein

updated Sep 17, 2015
posted by porcupine7
:) - ian-hill, Sep 15, 2015
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Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.

(attributed to both Miles Kington & Brian Gerald O'Driscoll)

updated Sep 19, 2015
edited by Esteban_317
posted by Esteban_317
:) - ian-hill, Sep 16, 2015
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I am not young enough to know everything.

No soy suficientemente joven para saber todo.

Oscar Wilde

updated Sep 17, 2015
posted by porcupine7
I like this one too :) - ian-hill, Sep 15, 2015
saberlo, creo. - annierats, Sep 17, 2015
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How does one hate a country, or love one? [...] I know people, I know towns, farms, hills and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, of giving it a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply?

¿Cómo odia uno a un país, o lo ama? [...] Conozco gente, conozco ciudades, granjas, montañas y ríos y piedras, conozco cómo se pone el sol en otoño del lado de un cierto campo arado en las colinas; pero ¿qué sentido tiene encerrar todo en una frontera, darle un nombre y dejar de amarlo donde el nombre cambia?

Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

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updated Sep 17, 2015
posted by Manity
:) - ian-hill, Sep 15, 2015
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Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.

Perdona siempre a tus enemigos; nada les molesta tanto. Oscar Wilde

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updated Sep 19, 2015
posted by porcupine7
Funny and probably true. - annierats, Sep 19, 2015
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Todo el mundo está loco ,excepto tú y yo,

y yo no estoy tan seguro acerca de ti .

All the world is mad except you and me,

and I'm not so sure about you.

Anonymous or Spike Milligan.

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updated Sep 19, 2015
edited by ray76
posted by ray76
:) - ian-hill, Sep 15, 2015
Ew. Would've been funny if it wasn't so tragic...ally true. - Manity, Sep 15, 2015
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El que abre la puerta de una escuela cierra una cárcel.

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updated Sep 19, 2015
edited by annierats
posted by annierats
I like that one. - rac1, Sep 17, 2015
Yes it is very good - porcupine7, Sep 18, 2015
Thanks! - annierats, Sep 19, 2015
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Todo que es necesario para el maligno florecer es que buenos hombres no hacen nada.

All that is necessary for evil to flourish is that good men do nothing.

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updated Sep 19, 2015
edited by tomasdeAlba
posted by tomasdeAlba
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Es más valé saber algunas de la preguntas que lo que todos de la repuestas.

It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.

  • Jame Thurber

Pirate Party Poster

updated Sep 17, 2015
posted by roveg
I like that one. :) - ian-hill, Sep 15, 2015
Absolutamente cierto. - rac1, Sep 15, 2015
"Más vale saber algunas preguntas que todas las respuestas." - de12wey, Sep 16, 2015
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Califica a la gente por sus actuaciones y nunca te engañará por sus palabras.

updated Feb 21, 2016
edited by bosquederoble
posted by bosquederoble
:) - ian-hill, Sep 18, 2015
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I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability. Oscar Wilde

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updated Sep 19, 2015
posted by porcupine7
:) We are seeing what is happening TO Hungary porcu. xx - ian-hill, Sep 16, 2015
Yes, it is a nightmare - porcupine7, Sep 17, 2015
5
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I will pick a quote from a musician, Mark Oliver Everett, regarding his father, a famous physicist, Hugh Everett III

I think about how angry I was that my dad didn't take better care of himself. How he never went to a doctor, let himself become grossly overweight, smoked three packs a day, drank like a fish and never exercised. But then I think about how his colleague mentioned that, days before dying, my dad had said he lived a good life and that he was satisfied. I realize that there is a certain value in my father's way of life. He ate, smoked and drank as he pleased, and one day he just suddenly and quickly died. Given some of the other choices I'd witnessed, it turns out that enjoying yourself and then dying quickly is not such a hard way to go.

Eligiré una cita de un músico, Mark Oliver Everett, sobre su padre, un físico famoso, Hugh Everett III

Pienso en qué tan enojado yo estaba que mi papá no se cuidara mejor. En que nunca visitó a un médico, se permitió engordar tanto, fumó tres paquetes al día, bebió como una esponja y nunca hizo ejercicio. Pero luego pienso en que su compañero mencionó que, unos pocos días antes de morir, mi padre había dicho que ha vivido bien y estuvo satisfecho. Me doy cuenta de que hay un cierto valor en el estilo de vida de mi padre. Comió, fumó, y bebió a su gusto, y de repente murió rápidamente. Dadas algunas de las otras opciones que había visto, resulta que divertirse y luego morir de repente no es tan dura una manera de fallecer.

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updated Sep 19, 2015
edited by bosquederoble
posted by bosquederoble
Top is the father, bottom the son- interesting enough I listened to the Eels long before I knew he was Hugh Everett's son. :) - bosquederoble, Sep 17, 2015
:) - ian-hill, Sep 17, 2015
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Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint.

Mark Twain

Tenga cuidado con la lectura de libros de salud. Usted puede morir de una errata.

updated Sep 19, 2015
posted by porcupine7
:) - ian-hill, Sep 17, 2015
Or too much garlic.. - annierats, Sep 17, 2015
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I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying.

No quiero alcanzar la inmortalidad a través de mi trabajo ... quiero lograrlo con no morir.

Woody Allen

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updated Sep 19, 2015
posted by porcupine7
:) - ian-hill, Sep 18, 2015