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  • papgeno
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    edited November 2016 #32

    Cogito ergo sum.  Rene Descartes

  • cyberyacht
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    edited November 2016 #33

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

  • JCB4X4
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    edited November 2016 #34

    "I’m Pink  therefore I’m Spam".

  • JCB4X4
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    edited November 2016 #35

    "A little Nonsense now and then

    is Relished by the Best of Men"

  • volvoman9
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    edited November 2016 #36

    " illigitimus et carborundum"


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

  • cyberyacht
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    edited November 2016 #37

     illigitimus NIL carborundum.

    Detention for you young man. Tongue Out

  • JCB4X4
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    edited November 2016 #38

    "Et tu Brute" Sticking Tongue OutWink

    acceptable alternative forms of: illigitimus NIL carborundum.

    noli illegitimi carborundum

    Illigitimis non carborundum

    nil illigitimi carborundum

    nil carborundum illigitimi 


  • cyberyacht
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    edited November 2016 #39

    "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
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    edited November 2016 #40

    "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
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    edited November 2016 #41

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

  • JCB4X4
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    edited November 2016 #42

    "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!! Laughing

  • JCB4X4
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    edited November 2016 #43

    "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 EmbarassedSad I just look it up on 'tin-ter-net' InnocentSmile and I have my suspicions, others do the same!!! WinkUndecided.

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

     


  • JCB4X4
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    edited November 2016 #44

    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
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    edited November 2016 #45

    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. Sad

     

  • SteveL
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    edited November 2016 #46

    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
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    edited November 2016 #47

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

  • cyberyacht
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    edited November 2016 #48

    The pen is mightier than the sword

    The penis mightier than the spacebar

    Wink

  • papgeno
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    edited November 2016 #49

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

  • JCB4X4
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    edited November 2016 #50

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

  • ABM
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    edited November 2016 #51

    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
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    edited November 2016 #52

    Two daft quotes seen recently: 

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

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

  • N1805
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    edited November 2016 #53

    I prefer old age to the alternative - Maurice Chevalier

  • cyberyacht
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    edited November 2016 #54

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

  • trellis
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    edited November 2016 #55

    Never let the truth spoil a good story.

  • JCB4X4
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    edited November 2016 #56

    "If..."   Rudyard Kipling. 

  • N1805
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    edited November 2016 #57

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

  • JCB4X4
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    edited November 2016 #58

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

    Marie Antoinette.

  • cyberyacht
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    edited November 2016 #59

    Neither borrower nor lender be.

  • N1805
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    edited December 2016 #60

    Only the good die young

  • JCB4X4
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    edited December 2016 #61

    Time & Tide wait for No Man.