aphorisms & quotes & statements

iqaluit

"He tried to keep on the right side of power, tried to be loyal to so many things that he himself couldn't tell which one of his selves was the authentic, if any."

Kiran Desai - The Inheritance of Loss

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The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow, and the men who lend.
Charles Lamb, The Two Races of Men, Essays of Elia

iqaluit

''Forgiveness Is the Fragrance that the Violet Sheds on the Heel That Has Crushed It''

Forgiveness Is the Fragrance the Violet Sheds on the Heel That Has Crushed It

barbudo2005

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@barbudo2005 said in aphorisms & quotes & statements:

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I said in aphorisms & quotes & statements:

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DoctorG

A Nation... is a group of persons united by a common error about their ancestry, and a common dislike of their neighbors
— Karl Wolfgang Deutsch (1969). “Nationalism and its alternatives”

DoctorG

Power is the ability to afford not to learn.
— Karl W. Deutsch (1963): "Nerves of Government", p. 111

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@DoctorG said in aphorisms & quotes & statements:

dislike of their neighbors

i Niemcy są ludzie!

iqaluit

“...a man knows when he is growing old because he begins to look like his father.”

Gabriel García Márquez, El amor en los tiempos del cólera

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Koń jaki jest, każdy widzi

iqaluit

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iqaluit

Judge: Why do you people call yourselves black ?
You look more brown than black ,
Steve Biko: Why do you call yourselves white ? You look more pink than white.
Judge: Precisely

Cry Freedom (1987)

barbudo2005

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@barbudo2005 said in aphorisms & quotes & statements:

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Jeśli aforyzm, cytat lub stwierdzenie jest przedstawione za pomocą obrazka z literami, to tłumaczenie jest stratą czasu.
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nuvolor

Donne al quadrato

Ci sono donne
E poi ci sono le Donne Donne

E quelle non devi provare a capirle, perché sarebbe una battaglia persa in partenza.

Le devi prendere e basta.

Devi prenderle e baciarle e non devi dare loro il tempo di pensare.

Devi spazzare via con un abbraccio che toglie il fiato, quelle paure che ti sapranno confidare una volta sola, una soltanto a bassa, bassissima voce.

Perché si vergognano delle proprie debolezze e dopo averle raccontate si tormentano – in una agonia lenta e silenziosa – al pensiero che, scoprendo il fianco e mostrandosi umane e fragili e bisognose per un piccolo fottutissimo attimo, vedranno le tue spalle voltarsi ed i tuoi passi allontanarsi.

Perciò prendile e amale.

Amale vestite, che a spogliarsi son brave tutte.

Amale indifese e senza trucco, perché non sai quanto gli occhi di una donna possono trovare scudo dietro un velo di mascara.

Amale addormentate, un po’ ammaccate quando il sonno le stropiccia.

Amale sapendo che non ne hanno bisogno: sanno bastare a se stesse.

Ma appunto per questo, sapranno amare te come nessuna prima di loro.

(Antonia Storace)

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kobieta jest jak róża, nima przód nima tył
Henryk Szlachet

iqaluit

''I'm in love with you, and I know that love is just a shout into the void, and that oblivion is inevitable, and that we're all doomed and that there will come a day when all our labor has been returned to dust, and I know the sun will swallow the only earth we'll ever have, and I am in love with you.”

― John Green, The Fault in Our Stars

nuvolor

"Sometimes people put up walls, not to keep others out, but to see who cares enough to break them down."
Banana Yoshimoto

Pesala

Grandma’s Advice

“Love is like a fart; if you have to force it, it’s probably shit.”

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Not an aphorism or quote or statement just a phraseme:
Wpadł jak śliwka w kompot
and a video explaining the meaning:
https://memy.pl/mem/373373/Wpadl_jak_sliwka_w_kompot