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history *is* moralizing
Author - William R. Inge

English - originality is undetected plagiarism
Albanian - origjinaliteti është arti i të kopjuarit pa të zbuluar të tjerët
Aragones - orixinalidá ye l'arte de plaxiar sin que nos escubran
Basque - originaltasuna inork igarriko ez dion moduan kopiatzeko artea da
Bolognese - l'uriginalitè l'é cupièr d ardåpp
Brazilian Portuguese - a originalidade é a arte de plagiar sem ser descoberto
Bresciano - ta set uriginal se ta copiet sensa fat catà
Breton - an orinelezh eo arz ar c'hopiañ hep na vefe anat da zen
Calabrese - l'origginalità è l'arti di copià senza di si fa scoprì
Catalan - L'originalitat és l'art de copiar sense que es noti.
Cornish - gwredhekter yw lyen-ladrans na vo avysyes gans den
Croatian - originalnost je neraskriveno kopiranje
Danish - originalitet er uopdaget plagiarisme
Dutch - originaliteit is het onopgemerkt plagiëren
Finnish - omaperäisyys on taitoa plagioida paljastumatta
Flemish - originaliteit is onopgemerkt plagiaat
French - l'originalité est l'art de copier sans se faire voir
Furlan - l'origjinalitât jè l'art di plagjâ cence fâsi cjatâ
Galician - a orixinalidade é a arte de plaxiar sen ser descoberto
German - Originalität ist die Kunst des Plagiats, ohne sich erwischen zu lassen
Griko Salentino - i originalità ene i arta na copièzzi senza na ise torimmèno
Hungarian - az eredetiség nem más, mint észrevétlenül végzett plagizálás
Italian - l'originalità è l'arte di plagiare senza farsi scoprire
Judeo Spanish - la orijinalidad es el arte de kopiar sin ke se veya
Ladin - l'originalité é l'ert de copié zenza che zacai s'en anadae
Latin - novitas est ars aliquid furandi nec perspicitur
Latvian - originalitate ir neatklats plagiatisms
Limburgian - orizjinaliteit, da's 'n aander woëd vér aofkieke zonder dat iemed 't ziet
Mapunzugun - fey ti kishurüf we zugu ta nentun fenteküme azentupegey iñ pegekanon müten
Mudnés - l'originalitê l'è l'êrt ed cupiêr sèinza che nisûn as n'adâga
Neapolitan - l'urigginalità è ll'arte 'e cupià senza se fà scuprì
Papiamentu - originalidat ta e arte di kopi sin ku bo ta nota esei
Parmigiano - l'originalité l'é l'ärta 'd copiär senza che nson 's n'acorsa
Piemontese - l'originalità a l'é l'art ëd copié sensa fe-se ancòrze
Polish - oryginalnosc to niemozliwy do odkrycia plagiat
Portuguese - a originalidade é a arte de plagiar sem se ser descoberto
Romagnolo - l'uriginel l'è quel c'la l'erta ad cupier impunid
Sicilian - l'urigginalità è l'arti di scupiazzàri senza fàrisi scòpriri
Spanish - la originalidad es el arte de copiar sin que se note
Swedish - orginalitet är konsten att göra plagiat utan att upptäckas
Umbro-Sabino - r'origginalità è arte de recopià sanza fasse scuprì
Venetian - l'originalità la xe l'arte de plagiar sensa farse scovèrzar
Welsh - gwreiddioldeb yw llên-ladrad heb i neb sylwi
Zeneize - l'originalitæ a l'é l'arte de copiâ sensa fâse descreuve
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Originally Posted by nebbit
Never, you won't regret it.
Aw, Nebs. It's good to see you, my lady.

Okay, my quote for the day:

"There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it. How strange it is. It is like paying out your whole fortune for a cow that has gone dry."

- Mark Twain
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Originally Posted by Mary Loquacious
Okay, my quote for the day:

"There are people who strictly deprive themselves of each and every eatable, drinkable, and smokable which has in any way acquired a shady reputation. They pay this price for health. And health is all they get for it. How strange it is. It is like paying out your whole fortune for a cow that has gone dry."

- Mark Twain
More succintly:

"If you resolve to give up smoking, drinking and loving, you don't actually live longer; it just seems longer."
-- Clement Freud

Or, if you'd rather:

"What's the point of living if you can't feel alive?"
-- Sophie Marceau in The World Is Not Enough.

Of course, these quotes will seem a great deal wiser to those searching for excuses to indulge.



Originally Posted by Yoda
Of course, these quotes will seem a great deal wiser to those searching for excuses to indulge.
True, much in the same way that quotes about the horrors of eating meat seem a great deal wiser to vegans. It's always easier to see the wisdom in a sentiment that validates your own beliefs -- especially those concerning moral values or lifestyle choices.



The End Has Come
"Everywhere one seeks to produce meaning, to make the world signify, to render it visible. We are not, however, in danger of lacking meaning; quite the contrary, we are gorged with meaning and it is killing us."
-Jean Baudrillard
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"Believe me, the secret of the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment of existence is: to live dangerously!"
-Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, The Joyful Wisdom



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"Every night, when I go to sleep, I die. Every morning, when I wake up, I am reborn."
-Mohandas Gandhi



"Whatever is flexible and flowing will tend to grow, whatever is rigid and blocked will wither and die." - Tao Te Ching
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"You should always go to other people's funerals; otherwise, they won't come to yours."
-- Yogi Berra



"An Atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An Atheist believes that deed must be done instead of a prayer said. An Atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated." - Madalyn Murray O'Hair



In Soviet America, you sue MPAA!
Keeping with that theme:

"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."
-Stephen Roberts
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Originally Posted by OG-
Keeping with that theme:

"I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours."
-Stephen Roberts
I remember saying something very similar to that to Yoda in one of our first debates.



In Soviet America, you sue MPAA!
Originally Posted by firegod
I remember saying something very similar to that to Yoda in one of our first debates.
Hehe, oh the 'ole religious debates that would arise on MoFo, how I miss thee (not really). Those were the days of innocence, now Yoda is too busy having a life to debate constantly! What a looooooooser!



The End Has Come
The Road goes ever on and on
Down from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
And I must follow, if I can,
Pursuing it with eager feet,
Until it joins some larger way
Where many paths and errands meet.
And whither then? I cannot say.

-J. R. R. Tolkien



"I don't think you're quitting because you believe these things you say. I don't. I think you want to believe them, because you're quitting. And you want me to agree with you, and you want me to say, "Yeah, yeah, yeah. You're right. It's all ****ed up. It's a ****ing mess. We should all go live in a ****ing log cabin." But I won't. I don't agree with you. I do not. I can't." Brad Pitt, in Se7en



The End Has Come
"Dreaming of the person you want to be is wasting the person you already are."
-Kurt Cobain



Even if you are a minority of one, the truth is the truth. ~ Mohandas Gandhi
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(Walk in Peace)




"A lot of people voting for Pat Buchanan say they are doing so to send a message. Apparently that message is, "Hey, look at me, I'm an idiot." - Dennis Miller



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"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that something else is more important than fear."
-Ambrose Redmoon