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@ponderable said"To live a life is not to stroll across a field."
“Man is born to live, and not to prepare to live.”
― Boris Pasternak
― Boris Pasternak
I imagine you know the Italian saying that means, "Translation is betrayal." 😉
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@badradger saidWhy would anyone want a drink tainted with their enemies' stupid and obviously inferior brains and the residue of wrongthought?
the problem with society
no one drinks from the skulls of their enimies
Human magical thought goes more like: eat the heart of a lion to be lion-hearted.
@ponderable saidI found it among Wilde's quotes - will go through it again. 🙂
Hi Toruun could you give the source more concrete? Sounds not like Wilde as I know him...more like a systemic therapeut.
https://www.azquotes.com/author/15644-Oscar_Wilde
@torunn saidWell they don't give a real source as do the sites having the same quote...strong hint that there is no original quote. Wilde as Einstein is sometimes used to transport ideas which sound cool.
I found it among Wilde's quotes - will go through it again. 🙂
https://www.azquotes.com/author/15644-Oscar_Wilde
@ponderable saidI agree, it doesn't read very Wilde llike. 🙂
Well they don't give a real source as do the sites having the same quote...strong hint that there is no original quote. Wilde as Einstein is sometimes used to transport ideas which sound cool.
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@ponderable saidNever believe anything you read on the Internet
Well they don't give a real source as do the sites having the same quote...strong hint that there is no original quote. Wilde as Einstein is sometimes used to transport ideas which sound cool.
-- Theodore Rooseveldt