A game of famous quotes and the not so famous quotes

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A game of famous quotes and the not so famous quotes

Postby Shine » Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:08 am

I'll begin:

"All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsion, habit, reason, passion, and desire."
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Re: A game of famous quotes and the not so famous quotes

Postby Stooo » Sat Oct 24, 2009 8:19 am

"I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong."
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Re: A game of famous quotes and the not so famous quotes

Postby Bella » Sat Oct 24, 2009 9:36 am

This is actually from a song lyric by BobMarley 8-)
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Re: A game of famous quotes and the not so famous quotes

Postby Shine » Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:37 pm

Bella wrote:This is actually from a song lyric by BobMarley 8-)


This is a thread about guessing who the quote is from, not telling us the author, you stupid idiot.
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Re: A game of famous quotes and the not so famous quotes

Postby Shine » Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:41 pm

Stooo wrote:"I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong."



I'll hazard a guess, Stooo, Elizabeth I? If not, give me clue.
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Re: A game of famous quotes and the not so famous quotes

Postby Stooo » Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:44 pm

Shine wrote:
Stooo wrote:"I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong."



I'll hazard a guess, Stooo, Elizabeth I? If not, give me clue.


Contemporary Russian/American Jew, now deceased.
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Re: A game of famous quotes and the not so famous quotes

Postby Shine » Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:46 pm

Was he a Russian dissident?
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Re: A game of famous quotes and the not so famous quotes

Postby Stooo » Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:55 pm

I believe he moved to America at a young age. ;)
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Re: A game of famous quotes and the not so famous quotes

Postby Shine » Sat Oct 24, 2009 1:57 pm

Another clue?
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Re: A game of famous quotes and the not so famous quotes

Postby Bella » Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:06 pm

Shine wrote:
Bella wrote:This is actually from a song lyric by BobMarley 8-)


This is a thread about guessing who the quote is from, not telling us the author, you stupid idiot.


So I made a mistake,I am not an idiot.
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Re: A game of famous quotes and the not so famous quotes

Postby Shine » Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:11 pm

You did it deliberately again.
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Re: A game of famous quotes and the not so famous quotes

Postby Bella » Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:12 pm

Shine wrote:You did it deliberately again.


I did no such thing,Shine.I made a mistake and never read the thread title properly.
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Re: A game of famous quotes and the not so famous quotes

Postby Shine » Sat Oct 24, 2009 2:14 pm

I've had enough of you and I'm off.
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Re: A game of famous quotes and the not so famous quotes

Postby nelix » Sat Oct 24, 2009 4:50 pm


"A friend to all is a friend to none."...
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Re: A game of famous quotes and the not so famous quotes

Postby Bella » Sat Oct 24, 2009 5:04 pm

nelix wrote:
"A friend to all is a friend to none."...


Was it by a Greek philosopher,Nelix ?
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