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Started by Lies, October 12, 2009, 05:55:49 PM

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October 12, 2009, 05:55:49 PM
1. A good conscience is a continual Christmas.
2. A great empire, like a great cake, is most easily diminished at the
edges.
3. A house is not a home unless it contains food and fire for the mind as well as the body.
4. A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

5. A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle.
6. A penny saved is a penny earned.
7. All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
8. All wars are follies, very expensive and very mischievous ones.
9. An investment in knowledge pays the best interest.
10. And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.

11. Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both.
12. Anyone who trades liberty for security deserves neither liberty nor security.
13. Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship.
14. By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.
15. Certainty? In this world nothing is certain but death and taxes.

16. Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.
17. Creditors have better memories than debtors.
18. Diligence is the mother of good luck.
19. Distrust and caution are the parents of security.
20. Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out.

21. Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others.
22. Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
23. Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure.
24. Energy and persistence conquer all things.
25. Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

26. For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.
27. Gain may be temporary and uncertain; but ever while you live, expense is constant and certain.
28. Games lubricate the body and the mind.
29. Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
30. Half a truth is often a great lie.

31. Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is.
32. He does not possess wealth; it possesses him.
33. He that can have patience can have what he will.
34. He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed.
35. He that is good for making excuses is seldom good for anything else.

36. He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.
37. He that lives upon hope will die fasting.
38. He that waits upon fortune, is never sure of a dinner.
39. He who falls in love with himself will have no rivals.
40. Hear reason, or she'll make you feel her.

41. Honesty is the best policy.
42. Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.
43. I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.
44. If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles.
45. If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins.

46. If you desire many things, many things will seem few.
47. If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.
48. If you would know the value of money, go and try to borrow some.
49. It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.
50. It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.

51. It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.
52. It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine furniture.
53. It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, and only one bad one to lose it.
54. Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.
55. Many people die at twenty five and aren't buried until they are seventy five.

56. Mine is better than ours.
57. Necessity never made a good bargain.
58. Never leave that till tomorrow which you can do today.
59. No nation was ever ruined by trade.
60. Rather go to bed with out dinner than to rise in debt.

61. Remember that credit is money.
62. The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself.
63. The discontented man finds no easy chair.
64. The first mistake in public business is the going into it.
65. The use of money is all the advantage there is in having it.

66. There are three faithful friends – an old wife, an old dog, and ready money.
67. There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means – either may do – the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.
68. Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.
69. Time is money.
70. To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions.
- So the New World Order does not actually exist?
- Oh it exists, and how!
Ask the slaves whose labour built the White House;
Ask the slaves of today tied down to sweatshops and brothels to escape hunger;
Ask most women, second class citizens, in a pervasive rape culture;
Ask the non-human creatures who inhabit the planet:
whales, bears, frogs, tuna, bees, slaughtered farm animals;
Ask the natives of the Americas and Australia on whose land
you live today, on whose graves your factories, farms and neighbourhoods stand;
ask any of them this, ask them if the New World Order is true;
they'll tell you plainly: the New World Order... is you!

The Good Reverend Roger

#1
October 12, 2009, 07:03:12 PM
71.  "When doing the monkey dance on a French whore's head, beware the claws that catch.  Or was that the Frumious Bandersnatch?"

72.  "King George III is the suxxor.  LOL."  <--- troll letter to the British PM.

73.  "I go through more assistants that way." <--- Referring to the kite thing.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

The Good Reverend Roger

#3
October 13, 2009, 02:22:12 AM
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Lies

#4
October 13, 2009, 12:31:13 PM
- So the New World Order does not actually exist?
- Oh it exists, and how!
Ask the slaves whose labour built the White House;
Ask the slaves of today tied down to sweatshops and brothels to escape hunger;
Ask most women, second class citizens, in a pervasive rape culture;
Ask the non-human creatures who inhabit the planet:
whales, bears, frogs, tuna, bees, slaughtered farm animals;
Ask the natives of the Americas and Australia on whose land
you live today, on whose graves your factories, farms and neighbourhoods stand;
ask any of them this, ask them if the New World Order is true;
they'll tell you plainly: the New World Order... is you!

The Good Reverend Roger

#5
October 13, 2009, 02:24:15 PM
74.  "I love it when you call me big poppa."
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Suu

#6
October 13, 2009, 03:12:04 PM
Ben Franklin is the first Discordian Saint of America. Suggesting the turkey as the national bird alone makes him awesome. Flatulence jokes and harnessing electricity are just fringe miracles.
Sovereign Episkopos-Princess Kaousuu; Esq., Battle Nun, Bene Gesserit.
Our Lady of Perpetual Confusion; 1st Church of Discordia

"Add a dab of lavender to milk, leave town with an orange, and pretend you're laughing at it."

The Good Reverend Roger

#7
October 13, 2009, 03:15:21 PM
Quote from: Suu on October 13, 2009, 03:12:04 PM
Ben Franklin is the first Discordian Saint of America. Suggesting the turkey as the national bird alone makes him awesome. Flatulence jokes and harnessing electricity are just fringe miracles.

Plus he invented a better wood burning stove, bifocals, and the pimp cup.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Richter

#8
October 13, 2009, 03:16:35 PM
His advice on keeping finances and living frugaly: STILL RELEVANT.
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 22, 2015, 03:00:53 AM
Anyone ever think about how Richter inhabits the same reality as you and just scream and scream and scream, but in a good way?   :lulz:

Friendly Neighborhood Mentat

The Good Reverend Roger

#9
October 13, 2009, 03:18:00 PM
Quote from: Richter on October 13, 2009, 03:16:35 PM
His advice on keeping finances and living frugaly: STILL RELEVANT.

His advice on keeping your pimp hand strong:  STILL RELEVANT.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Richter

#10
October 13, 2009, 03:18:57 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 13, 2009, 03:18:00 PM
Quote from: Richter on October 13, 2009, 03:16:35 PM
His advice on keeping finances and living frugaly: STILL RELEVANT.

His advice on keeping your pimp hand strong:  STILL RELEVANT.

His advice on not staying up late, but still being willing to game until 5AM: STILL RELEVANT
Quote from: Eater of Clowns on May 22, 2015, 03:00:53 AM
Anyone ever think about how Richter inhabits the same reality as you and just scream and scream and scream, but in a good way?   :lulz:

Friendly Neighborhood Mentat

The Good Reverend Roger

#11
October 13, 2009, 03:20:26 PM
Quote from: Richter on October 13, 2009, 03:18:57 PM
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on October 13, 2009, 03:18:00 PM
Quote from: Richter on October 13, 2009, 03:16:35 PM
His advice on keeping finances and living frugaly: STILL RELEVANT.

His advice on keeping your pimp hand strong:  STILL RELEVANT.

His advice on not staying up late, but still being willing to game until 5AM: STILL RELEVANT

His advice on dropping 187 on a motherfucking cop:  STILL RELEVANT.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

LMNO

#12
October 13, 2009, 03:21:48 PM
Quote from: Suu on October 13, 2009, 03:12:04 PM
Ben Franklin is the first Discordian Saint of America. Suggesting the turkey as the national bird alone makes him awesome. Flatulence jokes and harnessing electricity are just fringe miracles.

I just want to point out that a wild turkey will fucking anybody.

Suu

#13
October 13, 2009, 03:24:07 PM
Quote from: LMNO on October 13, 2009, 03:21:48 PM
Quote from: Suu on October 13, 2009, 03:12:04 PM
Ben Franklin is the first Discordian Saint of America. Suggesting the turkey as the national bird alone makes him awesome. Flatulence jokes and harnessing electricity are just fringe miracles.

I just want to point out that a wild turkey will fucking anybody.

Yes. Yes it will. Aside from it being fugly as all hell.
Sovereign Episkopos-Princess Kaousuu; Esq., Battle Nun, Bene Gesserit.
Our Lady of Perpetual Confusion; 1st Church of Discordia

"Add a dab of lavender to milk, leave town with an orange, and pretend you're laughing at it."

The Good Reverend Roger

#14
October 13, 2009, 03:29:16 PM
Quote from: Suu on October 13, 2009, 03:24:07 PM
Quote from: LMNO on October 13, 2009, 03:21:48 PM
Quote from: Suu on October 13, 2009, 03:12:04 PM
Ben Franklin is the first Discordian Saint of America. Suggesting the turkey as the national bird alone makes him awesome. Flatulence jokes and harnessing electricity are just fringe miracles.

I just want to point out that a wild turkey will fucking anybody.

Yes. Yes it will. Aside from it being fugly as all hell.

Beats a vulture-like scavenger/opportunist like the Eagle.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.
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