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Post by krystal on Jul 13, 2005 15:51:55 GMT 10
Mey the best ye hae ivver seen
be the warst ye'll ivver see. Mey the moose ne'er lea' yer girnal wi the tear-drap in its ee. Mey ye aye keep hail an hertie till ye'r auld eneuch tae dee. Mey ye aye juist be sae happie as A wish ye aye tae be. (The language is understandable but here is a translation, just in case)
May the best you have ever seen
be the worst you will ever see. May the mouse never leave your grain store with a tear drop in its eye. May you always stay whole and hearty until you are old enough to die. May you still be as happy as I always wish you to be.
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Post by pat on Jul 14, 2005 11:45:48 GMT 10
"Aye, I'm telling ye, happiness is one of the few things in this world that doubles every time you share it with someone else."
Attributed to Sir Harry Lauder, comedian and entertainer (1870-1950)
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Post by pat on Jul 14, 2005 11:46:52 GMT 10
"We are often unable to tell people what they need to know because they want to know something else."
Poet and novelist George MacDonald from Huntly (1824-1905)
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Post by pat on Jul 14, 2005 11:47:27 GMT 10
"Beer does not taste like itself unless it is chasing a dram of neat whisky down the gullet - preferably two drams"
Sir Compton MacKenzie writing in 1907.
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Post by pat on Jul 14, 2005 11:47:59 GMT 10
"Scatter my ashes, Strew them in the air. Lord, since thou knowest where all these atoms are, I'm hopeful Thou'lt recover once my dust, And confident Thoul't raise me with the Just"
Marquis of Montrose, on the eve of his execution in 1650, after a brilliant but eventually losing campaign on behalf of the Royalists against the Covenanters.
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Post by krystal on Jul 15, 2005 11:06:57 GMT 10
A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. William Shakespeare
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Post by krystal on Jul 15, 2005 11:07:17 GMT 10
A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser. William Shakespeare
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Post by krystal on Jul 15, 2005 11:07:53 GMT 10
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff. William Shakespeare
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Post by krystal on Jul 15, 2005 11:08:34 GMT 10
As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words. William Shakespeare
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Post by krystal on Jul 15, 2005 11:08:58 GMT 10
At first the infant, mewling and puking in the nurse's arms. And then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel, and shining morning face, creeping like snail unwillingly to school. William Shakespeare
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Post by krystal on Jul 15, 2005 11:09:22 GMT 10
Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them. William Shakespeare
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Post by krystal on Jul 15, 2005 11:09:44 GMT 10
Beauty is all very well at first sight; but whoever looks at it when it has been in the house three days? William Shakespeare
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