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marjoramblues wrote:Artisticsolution recently remembered and appreciated a quote by Richard Baron - but why did Richard use this quote, in what context; and who would have known about Richard's thought/insight, if AS hadn't brought it to our attention ?

artisticsolution wrote:

marjoramblues wrote:Artisticsolution recently remembered and appreciated a quote by Richard Baron - but why did Richard use this quote, in what context; and who would have known about Richard's thought/insight, if AS hadn't brought it to our attention ?

The context...hmmmm...I believe it was in a political thread he provided this quote...perhaps ethics...I don't remember. However, I think it was either having to do with freedom of speech or public nudity or perhaps taxes? Been so long M...sorry...I don't remember.

It's OK, AS, it doesn't really matter for the purposes of this thread - other than to bring out exactly what I mean
There are bound to be nuggets/gems galore - eg by present and previous posters like Non Sum - whose thoughts are out there, somewhere, unseen 'truths', unsaved...

and also, some real good 'insults'

Also, I don't think he used the whole quote like I did above. I think he just used, "But it does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. It neither picks my pocket nor breaks my leg."

I wish he was here...perhaps he could remember what he was referring to....

Perhaps he is feeling under-appreciated, or over-worked elsewhere - both ? Either way, wouldn't he too have difficulties remembering ?
Just wondering if anyone actually does save, as well as savour, such memorable moments on the PN forum ?
I wish I had...

duszek wrote:The Bad and the Ugly can be sanctioned by ignoring them.

The Good can be promoted by focusing on it and paying attention to it.

duszek wrote:An insult from a novel by Hollinghurst:

Before dinner, a young man approaches an elderly couple and tries to impress the husband by asking something in highly theoretical terms.
The wife present tells the young man:

Darling, you mustn´s tire yourself ...



I already used this insult on another forum. To get even with a smart-alec who had insulted me.

Sounds good - do you collect 'insults' ? And book and page references ? And did your ping-pong work out fine for you, not too exhausting, I hope ?
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I will contribute generously on this thread.
I somehow knew you would

There is an insight from Paul Valéry, quoted in a thriller by Gianrico Carofiglio, which I agree with:

"In order to realize your dreams you need to wake up." (more or less, the taxi driver in the novel did not remember exactly either)
I read it yesterday. Mr Carofiglio is a magistrate in Bari. I like his thrillers because they show me what life and people in Southern Italy are like.

Again, this sounds fantastico - and I reckon that if this thread doesn't have much luck with quotes from our very own contributors, then - way to go !!! But isn't there a separate 'Insights' thread for that ?

duszek wrote:Nietzsche did not spare the reader but at least he did not waste the reader´s attention, he talked substantially, most of the time.
That is why his writings are worth reading, if you have a strong ego and can bear the criticism.

Le désir ... veut .... une pro-fonde ... pro-fonde ... é .. ter .. ni .. té ....

read the assistant of Jean-Pierre Faye, in slow motion, on France Culture some years ago.

I was charmed.
It was only after her artistic reading that I started to meditate on the essence of desire.

duszek wrote:I keep good insults in my memory, like the one from Hollinghurst.
But I have a note-book for good acts of speech too. They are understandable from context.

One time, under certain highly dramatic circumstances, a man approached me pretending to be a ghost: L...., n´ayez pas peur. That´s what I like to collect. The exasperated administrator cancelled everything so I can only remember this.

The man who insulted me and got the quote from H. in return is a difficult dark melancholy character. I have known him for years. I called him "maître frustrateur" more than once because he is so disappointing.

No, it was not too exhausting. He answered in bad English and wished me Happy Christmas. Probably to hurt me by promising not to talk to me for six months or so. It´s o.k.

You love being insulted and disappointed ?

Do you mean my thread of interesting insights ?
Oh, I can just as well go on on your thread.

Oh, I bet you can 'go' on this thread as well but then wouldn't you be pissing on my parade * holds brolly up *

duszek wrote:The way we say it has always to be imagined when we read something.
We cannot read like computers, we dress the words into acts of speech, according to our experiences.

Good night !