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My favorite quotes

Submitted by patho on Tue, 13/07/2010 - 03:30

  1. "Keep Walking" from Johnny Walker (whiskey)
  2. "I'm a slow walker, but I never walk back" from Abraham Lincoln
  3. "If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable" from Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
  4. "Aliquando et insanire jucundum est" best translated in French as "Pas de sagesse sans un petit grain de folie" from Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
  5. "If you swim with sharks, do not act like food" quote used by Michio Kaku at a keynote during some internal MS convention

Latin roots

Submitted by patho on Fri, 19/09/2008 - 09:09
Latin Translation Comment
Citius, Altius, Fortius Swifter, Higher, Stronger Olympic motto created by Pierre de Coubertin

English at it's best

Submitted by patho on Sat, 22/09/2007 - 19:47
Billy-no-mate An English colleague used this term to refer to poor lonely soul always having to venture out on his own without friends. Guess I am bit of a "Billy-no-mate" during my long distance walking trips.
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