What's the underrated quote that will stick with you for life?
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Not so much a quote as a poem, but it's brief so here's the whole thing:
They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do.
They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats,
Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.Man hands on misery to man,
It deepens like a coastal shelf.
Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.- "This Be the Verse" by Philip Larkin
As for what it means to me, I think it speaks for itself. It's bleak and devastating, yet beautiful. I love the elegance and simplicity of the writing. It's the only poem I have memorized because it's so aesthetically pleasing and emotionally resonant. It has stuck with me since I first heard it over 10 years ago.
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We have liberated Europe from fascism, but they will never forgive us for it
- Marshal Georgy Zhukov
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I think schopenhauer's quote:
to overcome difficulties if to experience the full delight of existence context
is a corollary of sorts.
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Hitchens on the death of Jerry Falwell: "If they gave his corpse an enema, they could bury him in a matchbox."
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Mine is similar, but said by Plato. ”Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something”
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The pleasure of being understood is underrated
- Simon Baker portraying Patrick Jane in The Mentalist
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Perhaps today is a good day to die. Prepare for ramming speed!
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It's beautiful and I can understand why it sticks.. Thanks for letting us know!!
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Recently, I learned about a historical quote, from French PM Daladier on his way back from Munich where he knew he gave everything to Hitler.
He got out his plane, expecting to be lynched or thrown oranges at, and people, when he realized people were praising him as a herald of "peace", let out this magnificent "Ah.. what a bunch of idiots".
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I suppose it's less about the quote origin and more about what we make it to mean
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That's a loose quote from the Tao te ching.
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Life's tough for everyone
-Grandpa
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Love this one. Used to teach students in political science about the horrible thing that "political ventiloquism" is.
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"You can never go home again... but you can shop there."
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I buy a lottery ticket every week. Not because I think I stand a chance of winning but I am renting the idea that I could solve 95% of my problems instantly.
I wont win, I'll still have problems I know this but that $10 a week is me renting hope.
