Poignant Proverbs

Turtle · 03-27-2007

You can lead a goat to water, but you can't make it drink. - Unattested

Turtle · 04-09-2007

One story is good, till another is told. -Æsop

Boerseun · 04-10-2007

He who laughs last, didn't catch the joke.

Buffy · 04-10-2007

You can get one guy to dig one post hole in 60 seconds.
And you can get 60 guys to dig 60 post holes in 60 seconds.
But you can't get 60 guys to dig one post hole in one second.

-- Unattested (but should be!)

More not always better,
Buffy

Jay-qu · 04-10-2007

If something happens once, it seldom happens again. If something happens twice its sure to happen a third time.
-Old Arab Proverb

LaurieAG · 04-10-2007

The sinews of war are infinite money - Cicero

Turtle · 07-10-2007

The desire for imaginary benefits often involves the loss of present blessings. - Æsop

Turtle · 08-07-2007

Use it or lose it. - Unattested

Turtle · 08-24-2007

Those who seek to please everybody please nobody. - Æsop

DougF · 09-01-2007

Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference.

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Turtle Dot Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fifth Plane Posts: 10,183 Blog Entries: 34	Re: Poignant Proverbs You can lead a goat to water, but you can't make it drink. - Unattested

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Turtle Dot Sponsor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Fifth Plane Posts: 10,183 Blog Entries: 34	Re: Poignant Proverbs One story is good, till another is told. -Æsop

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Buffy Resident Slayer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Sunnydale, CA Posts: 6,670	Re: Poignant Proverbs You can get one guy to dig one post hole in 60 seconds. And you can get 60 guys to dig 60 post holes in 60 seconds. But you can't get 60 guys to dig one post hole in one second. -- Unattested (but should be!) More not always better, Buffy __________________ "If you do not agree with anything I say, I'll not only retract it, but deny under oath that I ever said it!" __________________________________________________ ______________-- Tom Lehrer "The shrinks diagnosed me a sociopath with paranoid delusions. But they’re just out to get me cause I threatened to kill them." Forum Administrator Hypography Science Forums - Science for Boys and Girls! Its not for nothing that we hang out here.

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04-10-2007	#126 (permalink)
LaurieAG Explaining Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: South East Queensland, Australia Posts: 718	Re: Poignant Proverbs The sinews of war are infinite money - Cicero

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DougF Hypo Contributer Sponsor Join Date: May 2007 Location: Dark Side of the Moon Posts: 1,061	Re: Poignant Proverbs Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the difference. __________________ There are many things to be shared with the Four Colors of humanity in our common destiny as one with our Mother the Earth. It is this sharing that must be considered with great care by the Elders and the medicine people who carry the Sacred Trusts, so that no harm may come to people through ignorance and misuse of these powerful forces. Resolution of the Fifth Annual Meetings of the Traditional Elders Circle, 1980

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