Quotes . . .

papgeno

Cogito ergo sum.  Rene Descartes

cyberyacht

"Cogito ergo @sum" - I think , therefore I use Lotus Smartsuite spreadsheets.

JCB4X4

"I’m Pink  therefore I’m Spam".

JCB4X4

"A little Nonsense now and then

is Relished by the Best of Men"

volvoman9

" illigitimus et carborundum"

Dont let the b------s grind you down

cyberyacht

 illigitimus NIL carborundum.

Detention for you young man. 

JCB4X4

"Et tu Brute"

acceptable alternative forms of: illigitimus NIL carborundum.

noli illegitimi carborundum

Illigitimis non carborundum

nil illigitimi carborundum

nil carborundum illigitimi 

cyberyacht

"Latin is a language as dead as dead can be,

It killed the ancient Romans, and now it's killing me"

Jennings and Derbyshire

SteveL

"Latin is a language as dead as dead can be,

It killed the ancient Romans, and now it's killing me"

Jennings and Derbyshire

coo, get you lot showing off your education seriously though it's surprising how you think you've forgotten it all but bits keep coming back. 

Ah well, nil desperandum, .........

mickysf

Having a poor memory is unfortunate but to forget you have one is unforgiveable!

JCB4X4

"Latin is a language as dead as dead can be,

It killed the ancient Romans, and now it's killing me"

Jennings and Derbyshire

I like it!! - I like it!!

JCB4X4

"Latin is a language as dead as dead can be,

It killed the ancient Romans, and now it's killing me"

Jennings and Derbyshire

coo, get you lot showing off your education seriously though it's surprising how you think you've forgotten it all but bits keep coming back. 

Ah well, nil desperandum, .........

My Guilty Confession –  I don’t really know any Latin  I just look it up on 'tin-ter-net' and I have my suspicions, others do the same!!! .

As for: nil desperandum, my Grandfather’s free translation was: "never lads give way to sorrow" 

 

JCB4X4

Hamlet Act 1, scene 3, 75-77

Polonius:

Neither a borrower nor a lender be,

For loan oft loses both itself and friend,

And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.

JCB4X4

The phrase “Nil Desperandum Auspice Deo”.
Roughly translated to mean: “Don't Despair, Trust in God”.
Is the motto of the 'City of Sunderland'.

Not to mention their Long Suffering football supporters.

 

SteveL

I do look some thing up JCB, but somewhere in the back of my brain is the 'O' level Latin I did with my 'A' level English Literature. Oooh just thinking about it brings back some painful memories

SteveL

Only the guy who isn't rowing has time to rock the boat: Jean Paul Satre

cyberyacht

The pen is mightier than the sword

The penis mightier than the spacebar

papgeno

I am always ready to learn but I am not ready to be taught. (Or words to that effect) Winston Churchill

JCB4X4

'The trouble with the French is they have no word for entrepreneur.'     George W Bush

ABM

Who  are  these  in  rags  and  rotten  shoes, 

  These  dirty  bearded  blocking  up  the  way  ??

                           James  Elroy  Flecker

{  standing  in  line  waiting  for  a  shower  !!  }

SteveL

Two daft quotes seen recently: 

on a child's puzzle, ' warning: toy inside'

on a packet of cashew nuts, ' warning: contains nuts'

N1805

I prefer old age to the alternative - Maurice Chevalier

cyberyacht

Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity.

trellis

Never let the truth spoil a good story.

JCB4X4

"If..."  -   Rudyard Kipling. 

N1805

Let them eat cake - a member of the french aristocracy - don't remember her name

JCB4X4

Let them eat cake - a member of the french aristocracy - don't remember her name

Marie Antoinette.

cyberyacht

Neither borrower nor lender be.

N1805

Only the good die young

JCB4X4

Time & Tide wait for No Man.