Cool proverbs and sayings in your native tongue

Started by Martinus, May 22, 2011, 03:25:50 PM

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PDH

#15
May 22, 2011, 05:35:43 PM
"When you got luck, shit will do for brains."
I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.
-Umberto Eco

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"I'm pretty sure my level of depression has nothing to do with how much of a fucking asshole you are."

-CdM

Barrister

#16
May 22, 2011, 05:50:19 PM
"People don't care how much you know, until they know how much you care."

I've found it useful in my life. :mellow:
Posts here are my own private opinions.  I do not speak for my employer.

Scipio

#17
May 22, 2011, 05:57:25 PM
"Go fuck yourself."

"Say hello to my little friend."
What I speak out of my mouth is the truth.  It burns like fire.
-Jose Canseco

There you go, giving a fuck when it ain't your turn to give a fuck.
-Every cop, The Wire

"It is always good to be known for one's Krapp."
-John Hurt

Warspite

#18
May 22, 2011, 07:02:00 PM
Old hen, good soup.

If it won't, it won't.
" SIR – I must commend you on some of your recent obituaries. I was delighted to read of the deaths of Foday Sankoh (August 9th), and Uday and Qusay Hussein (July 26th). Do you take requests? "

OVO JE SRBIJA
BUDALO, OVO JE POSTA

jimmy olsen

#19
May 22, 2011, 11:11:51 PM
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Siege

#20
May 22, 2011, 11:15:10 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 22, 2011, 11:11:51 PM
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.

Suck my dick, faggot.
Why don't you cry and stop the enemy's dogs?



"All men are created equal, then some become infantry."

"Those who beat their swords into plowshares will plow for those who don't."

"Laissez faire et laissez passer, le monde va de lui même!"

Monoriu

#21
May 22, 2011, 11:17:04 PM
With money, one can make ghosts push the mills. 

Pat

#22
May 22, 2011, 11:27:45 PM Last Edit: May 22, 2011, 11:29:22 PM by Pat
När krubban är tom bits hästarna.

When the manger is empty, the horses will bite.

Rather Malthusian, I'd say (but some would say not because it's not found in Principles of Population).

Monoriu

#23
May 22, 2011, 11:38:51 PM
There is a really cool wordplay that I've heard.  There are four sentences.  Each sentence consists of exactly five Chinese characters that are arranged in a similar fashion.  Each is about a good event in life.  But if you add two characters after each sentence, it immediately becomes something really bad.

I only remember one sentence. 

Meeting a familiar face in a far away place.  (original)

The additional words: the guy who has been trying to recover money from you.

Monoriu

#24
May 22, 2011, 11:43:53 PM
Oh I remember another sentence. 

In the bedroom, on the night you are married (original).

Additional words: your wife tells you that she is infertile. 

Pat

#25
May 22, 2011, 11:48:59 PM
Det tar sig sa' bonn' när skithusa brann.

It's taking on, said the farmer, when the shithouse was on fire.

Pat

#26
May 23, 2011, 12:01:51 AM
Quote from: Slargos on May 22, 2011, 04:13:00 PM
Ta på dig gummistövlar om du ska knacka bög.

Meaning, of coursethat it is important to take precautions when dealing with potential health hazards.



"Trött på folk som tränar med hantlar, allt jag behöver är roppar och svampar."


Meaning that a simpler method often produce adequate enough results.

11B4V

#27
May 23, 2011, 01:59:32 AM
"Seemed like a good idea at the time"

"Ya'll watch this"
"there's a long tradition of insulting people we disagree with here, and I'll be damned if I listen to your entreaties otherwise."-OVB

"Obviously not a Berkut-commanded armored column.  They're not all brewing."- CdM

"We've reached one of our phase lines after the firefight and it smells bad—meaning it's a little bit suspicious... Could be an amb—".

Eddie Teach

#28
May 23, 2011, 02:12:39 AM
"more fun than a barrel of monkeys"
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Tamas

#29
May 23, 2011, 03:46:17 AM
Quote from: Habbaku on May 22, 2011, 05:24:31 PM
Quote from: Tamas on May 22, 2011, 04:27:33 PM
Addig jár a korsó a kútra, amíg el nem törik


Remember that.

"The jug shall act on one as long as it doesn't break." ?  :hmm:

more like "the jug shall go to the well as long as it doesn't break"
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