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26 Jun 12
Originally posted by Westside Mobster32. "How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think." Adolf Hitler (leader of the "National Socialist German Workers Party". Dictator of "Nazi Germany". Major "Axis" power of World War II. Supposedly committed suicide at the end of WWII at the battle of Berlin)
31. ”Judges, lawyers and politicians have a license to steal. We don't need one.” Carlo Gambino (founder and former boss of the Gambino crime family. Also the former boss of the ruling faction of organized crime in America ”The Commission”. Died at age 74, in his bed, of a heart attack)
27 Jun 12
Originally posted by Westside Mobster33. "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was making the world think he didn't exsist.” Keyser Soze (fictional character from the movie ”The Usual Suspects"😉
32. "How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don't think." Adolf Hitler (leader of the "National Socialist German Workers Party". Dictator of "Nazi Germany". Major "Axis" power of World War II. Supposedly committed suicide at the end of WWII at the battle of Berlin)
27 Jun 12
Originally posted by Shallow Bluehttp://www.google.com/search?q=%E2%80%9CWhen+a+father+gives+to+his+son%2C+both+laugh%3B+when+a+son+gives+to+his+father%2C+both+cry.%E2%80%9D+William+Shakespeare+%281564-1616%29&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Address&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7SUNA_en
Will had nothing in mind, because it's not from Shakespeare in the first place.
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27 Jun 12
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyGoogle is not an authority.
[b]http://www.google.com/search?q=%E2%80%9CWhen+a+father+gives+to+his+son%2C+both+laugh%3B+when+a+son+gives+to+his+father%2C+both+cry.%E2%80%9D+William+Shakespeare+%281564-1616%29&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-Address&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7SUNA_en[/b]
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28 Jun 12
Originally posted by Westside Mobster34. "The greatest happiness is to scatter your enemy and drive him before you, to see his cities reduced to ashes, to see those who love him shrouded in tears, and to gather to your bosom his wives and daughters." Genghis Khan (Emperor of the Mongol Empire)
33. "The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was making the world think he didn't exsist.” Keyser Soze (fictional character from the movie ”The Usual Suspects"😉
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28 Jun 12
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyThat's a good joke, coming from you. However...
You need to step up, cease and desist from skirting issues.
What authority do you place your confidence in? Whom do you feel authored the quote?
I place my confidence in a complete text of Shakespeare's works I have where I can't find it; several books of quotations not collected by random bloggers but by professional lexicologists, none of which have this quote; and finally and most damningly, the language of the quotation itself, which simply isn't Shakespearean. It's more modern, probably from the 19th or early 20th century - certainly not from the 16th.
As for who [ sic ] authored it, I think HandyAndy's suggestion is quite likely. The phrasing does make it sound like a proverb. The subject matter could well be Jewish. However, until I hear of an actual Jew confirming that yes, it's a proverb in either Hebrew or Yiddish, I'll still only assume that it's quite possibly a Jewish proverb, and won't accept that it is so for certain.
Richard
28 Jun 12
Originally posted by Shallow BlueThank you.
That's a good joke, coming from you. However...
What authority do you place your confidence in? Whom do you feel authored the quote?
I place my confidence in a complete text of Shakespeare's works I have where I can't find it; several books of quotations not collected by random bloggers but by professional lexicologists, none o ...[text shortened]... possibly[/i] a Jewish proverb, and won't accept that it is so for certain.
Richard