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[Takeda Shingen]

Originally Posted by Long-John-Duffman

Before judging someone you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way you'll be a mile away, and have their shoes.

Maybe it's just late and maybe I'm just a little tipsy, but this struck me as hilarious. I'm adding this to the repertiore.

[Hottentot]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

Build a man a fire, and he'll be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.

Give a man a fish and he eats is. Teach a man to fish and he starts demanding student allowance. But don't do anything, and the problem will soon go away on its own.
-Government

[Agiel7]

"Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment."

"There is not a man who does not get senile by the time he reaches sixty. And when one thinks that he will not be senile, he is already so."

"Even if one has learned all the sayings of the sages and saints, he should not insist on them obstinately."

Having put 150+ hours into Shogun 2, I can tell you that game is a veritable treasure trove full of them... Then there's:

"The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all."

[Oberon]

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch

A quote from Great Uncle Walter (Brian Blessed) - Never wear trousers on a Thursday!

Seems legit

Awesome guy, had the pleasure of meeting him on Saturday. Here's another couple from him that I heard on Saturday:

"I've had it with this 'getting old' thing. It's not how old you are, it's how you are old."

And:



Other Proverbs I like are mainly from the East, things like:

"So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, you can win a hundred battles without a single loss.
If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always endanger yourself."

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Agiel7

"The wise man knows he knows nothing, the fool thinks he knows all."

Something I've been saying for years. Many fools argue about it.

As for the "sixty" thing, well, there's nothing I can say at this point that will be believed.

[Jimbuna]

Man who lives in glass house should change clothes in basement.

[Hottentot]

One that I found myself again sighing under the breath at the uni:

"If ten people are thinking alike, then someone isn't thinking."

[u crank]

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

"You don't tug on Superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger
And you don't mess around with Jim."

[Jimbuna]

Man who scratches ass should not bite fingernails.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by u crank

Sorry, I couldn't resist.

"You don't tug on Superman's cape
You don't spit into the wind
You don't pull the mask off that old Lone Ranger
And you don't mess around with Jim."

Until the part where the truth comes out. Big Jim bought the farm, "And you don't mess around with Slim."

[soopaman2]

Man who stands on a toilet is high on pot.

[u crank]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

Until the part where the truth comes out. Big Jim bought the farm, "And you don't mess around with Slim."

True Steve, and Bad Leroy Brown suffered the same fate.

[Jimbuna]

Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind.

[Iceman]

Proverbs 27:17
Iron sharpeneth iron; So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

Glad to have all you Subsim friends ...

[Oberon]

Good to see you about Iceman, been a while.