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Re: Self proclaimed one-liners
Post by DDHvi   » Fri Feb 27, 2015 10:59 pm

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Aristotle

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.


Even better is to work out a good method of testing it.
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Re: Self proclaimed one-liners
Post by DDHvi   » Fri Feb 27, 2015 11:03 pm

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Imaginos1892 wrote:
fallsfromtrees wrote:Not if certain fundamentalist idiots get control of the government. They'll make it illegal to do anything they don't approve of.

Oh, you're right about that. The world is full of self-important self-righteous assholes, eternally tormented by a conviction that Somebody, Somewhere is Doing Something they don't approve of, and driven by a compulsion to Do Something About It at any cost. When enough of them get together we get saddled with idiocies like Prohibition, blacklists, Blue Laws and so on.


http://www.afa.net/action-alerts/judge- ... d-savings/

In essence, a judge has told the Christian florist she is entitled to her beliefs - but not to act on them!


Does this include secular fundamentalists?


http://www.eagleforum.org/publications/ ... dents.html

A young person’s mind, once stretched by a new idea, never shrinks back to its original dimension.


Worth thinking over.
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Re: Self proclaimed one-liners
Post by cthia   » Sat May 02, 2015 6:13 pm

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Beauty is truth. Truth beauty. If you are ugly, it is a lie.

Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense
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Re: Self proclaimed one-liners
Post by Michael Everett   » Sun May 03, 2015 4:07 am

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cthia wrote:Beauty is truth. Truth beauty. If you are ugly, it is a lie.

Really? I thought it was the cake that was a lie...

It is easier to swallow an unpalatable truth when it is covered in the chocolate of lies.
Sometimes, only a series of well-crafted lies can guide a person to discover the truth for themselves.
You are entitled to your opinion as I am entitled to my opinion. If my opinion is that your opinion is rubbish, I am entitled to that opinion despite your protests. The reverse is also true.
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Re: Self proclaimed one-liners
Post by cthia   » Sun May 03, 2015 10:47 am

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Michael Everett wrote:
cthia wrote:Beauty is truth. Truth beauty. If you are ugly, it is a lie.

Really? I thought it was the cake that was a lie...

It is easier to swallow an unpalatable truth when it is covered in the chocolate of lies.
Sometimes, only a series of well-crafted lies can guide a person to discover the truth for themselves.
You are entitled to your opinion as I am entitled to my opinion. If my opinion is that your opinion is rubbish, I am entitled to that opinion despite your protests. The reverse is also true.
The harshest lesson to learn is that the universe does not rely on us for direction.


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cthia wrote:At the core of truth is truth. Strip away the fallacious top layers from a lie and you'll find at its core - the truth.

Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense
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Re: Self proclaimed one-liners
Post by Spacekiwi   » Sun May 03, 2015 4:33 pm

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Only if you dont watch the credits to the end.... :)
Michael Everett wrote:
cthia wrote:Beauty is truth. Truth beauty. If you are ugly, it is a lie.

Really? I thought it was the cake that was a lie...

It is easier to swallow an unpalatable truth when it is covered in the chocolate of lies.
Sometimes, only a series of well-crafted lies can guide a person to discover the truth for themselves.
You are entitled to your opinion as I am entitled to my opinion. If my opinion is that your opinion is rubbish, I am entitled to that opinion despite your protests. The reverse is also true.
The harshest lesson to learn is that the universe does not rely on us for direction.
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Re: Self proclaimed one-liners
Post by Imaginos1892   » Thu May 28, 2015 11:50 pm

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Something I saw in the Honorverse "New Ships Designs" thread prompts me to say:

Only an idiot would design a warship for peacetime.
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Re: Self proclaimed one-liners
Post by cthia   » Sat Jun 06, 2015 2:58 pm

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Hatred is the friction in thinking.

Ignorance is the cause. Bliss is the effect.

Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense
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Re: Self proclaimed one-liners
Post by cthia   » Sat Jun 06, 2015 2:59 pm

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What is the measure of a man -- the weight of his convictions or the light of his actions?

Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense
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Re: Self proclaimed one-liners
Post by cthia   » Sat Jun 06, 2015 6:36 pm

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Dumb people should just sue the school system instead of shooting it up.

Son, your mother says I have to hang you. Personally I don't think this is a capital offense. But if I don't hang you, she's gonna hang me and frankly, I'm not the one in trouble. —cthia's father. Incident in ? Axiom of Common Sense
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