Quotes, Poems, & Sayings... - Page 86

Mister Bent · 04-18-2010, 07:33 PM

"Be yourself" is about the worst advice you can give some people.
- Tom Masson

Duchess · 04-18-2010, 08:11 PM

The greatest discovery of my generation is that man can alter his life simply by altering his attitude of mind.

James Truslow Adams

afixer · 04-18-2010, 08:37 PM

Caelica 56: "All My Senses, Like Beacon's Flame"

All my senses, like beacon's flame,
Gave alarum to desire
To take arms in Cynthia's name
And set all my thoughts on fire:
Fury's wit persuaded me,
Happy love was hazard's heir,
Cupid did best shoot and see
In the night where smooth is fair;
Up I start believing well
To see if Cynthia were awake;
Wonders I saw, who can tell?
And thus unto myself I spake:
"Sweet God Cupid, where am I,
That by pale Diana's light,
Such rich beauties do espy,
As harm our senses with delight?
Am I borne up to the skies?
See where Jove and Venus shine,
Showing in her heavenly eyes
That desire is divine.
Look where lies the milken way,
Way unto that dainty throne,
Where while all the Gods would play,
Vulcan thinks to dwell alone."
I gave reins to this conceit,
Hope went on the wheel of lust;
Fancy's scales are false of weight,
Thoughts take thought that go of trust.
I stepped forth to touch the sky,
I a God by Cupid dreams;
Cynthia, who did naked lie,
Runs away like silver streams,
Leaving hollow banks behind
Who can neither forward move,
Nor, if rivers be unkind,
Turn away or leave to love.
There stand I, like Arctic pole,
Where Sol passeth o'er the line,
Mourning my benighted soul,
Which so loseth light divine.
There stand I like men that preach
From the execution place,
At their death content to teach
All the world with their disgrace.
He that lets his Cynthia lie
Naked on a bed of play,
To say prayers ere she die,
Teacheth time to run away.
Let no love‑desiring heart
In the stars go seek his fate,
Love is only Nature's art.
Wonder hinders Love and Hate.
None can well behold with eyes
But what underneath him lies.

—Fulke Greville

hear it read here, just scroll down to the player.

Diva · 04-18-2010, 10:06 PM

Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying? Well, don't worry...I'm here. The flood waters will recede, the famine will end, the sun will shine tomorrow, and I will always be here to take care of you.

~Charlie Brown to Snoopy

Butterbean · 04-19-2010, 12:47 PM

"I suspect we have internal senses. The mind's eye since Shakespeare's time has been proverbial; and we have also a mind's ear. To say nothing of dreams, one certainly can listen to one's own thoughts, and hear them, or believe that one hears them: the strongest argument adducible in favour of our hearing any thing."

~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827

weatherboi · 04-19-2010, 02:18 PM

“Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily...”
Thomas S. Szasz

Diva · 04-19-2010, 03:24 PM

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

~Oscar Wilde

Diva · 04-19-2010, 03:26 PM

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

~Dr. Seuss

lyric · 04-19-2010, 04:09 PM

"All through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seemed invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it - Always." -Ghandi

moxie · 04-19-2010, 04:17 PM

"The most glorious moments in your life are not the so-called days of success, but rather those days when out of dejection and despair you feel rise in you a challenge to life, and the promise of future accomplishments." - Gustave Flaubert

violaine · 04-19-2010, 04:32 PM

I feel more comfortable with gorillas than people. I can anticipate what a gorilla's going to do, and they're purely motivated.
-- dian fossey

Diva · 04-19-2010, 04:33 PM

So much alarmed that she is quite alarming, All Giggle, Blush, half Pertness, and half Pout.

~Lord Byron

cinderella · 04-19-2010, 07:42 PM

"Good sex is like good Bridge... If you don't have a good partner, you'd better have a good hand."

~ Mae West...gotta love that Mae!!

Ldyluck88 · 04-19-2010, 08:38 PM

The essence of pleasure is spontaneity. ~Germaine Greer

Fancy · 04-19-2010, 08:48 PM

I wake each morning deciding to save or savor the world.

Diva · 04-19-2010, 10:46 PM

Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them.

~Bill Russell

always2late · 04-20-2010, 05:34 AM

"The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving." - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr

Ldyluck88 · 04-20-2010, 07:53 AM

Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

PinkieLee · 04-20-2010, 08:11 AM

"End each day with thoughts of peace. Begin each day with thoughts of peace. Continue thinking thoughts of peace throughout your precious day and happiness will be yours." ~ unknown

PinkieLee · 04-20-2010, 08:23 AM

Be not forgetful to cherish the gifts each moment brings. ~ unknown

04-18-2010, 07:33 PM	#1701
Mister Bent Senior Member How Do You Identify?: . Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: . Posts: 2,905 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,151 Thanked 5,825 Times in 1,722 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	"Be yourself" is about the worst advice you can give some people. - Tom Masson __________________ Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin to slit throats. - H. L. Mencken

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04-18-2010, 10:06 PM	#1704
Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,175 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	Thanks, GP! Are you upset little friend? Have you been lying awake worrying? Well, don't worry...I'm here. The flood waters will recede, the famine will end, the sun will shine tomorrow, and I will always be here to take care of you. ~Charlie Brown to Snoopy

04-19-2010, 03:26 PM	#1708
Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,175 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	It bears repeating....one of my personal favorites.... Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. ~Dr. Seuss

04-19-2010, 04:09 PM	#1709
lyric Junior Member How Do You Identify?: Queer Femme Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: quiet and content Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Springfield, VA Posts: 88 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 161 Thanked 303 Times in 56 Posts Rep Power: 3971634	Thanks, A! "All through history the way of truth and love has always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and for a time they seemed invincible, but in the end, they always fall. Think of it - Always." -Ghandi

04-18-2010, 08:37 PM	#1703
afixer Member How Do You Identify?: human Preferred Pronoun?: ma'am Relationship Status: adrift in my head Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: in and out of the woods Posts: 989 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 491 Thanked 1,507 Times in 659 Posts Rep Power: 8660555	Caelica 56: "All My Senses, Like Beacon's Flame" All my senses, like beacon's flame, Gave alarum to desire To take arms in Cynthia's name And set all my thoughts on fire: Fury's wit persuaded me, Happy love was hazard's heir, Cupid did best shoot and see In the night where smooth is fair; Up I start believing well To see if Cynthia were awake; Wonders I saw, who can tell? And thus unto myself I spake: "Sweet God Cupid, where am I, That by pale Diana's light, Such rich beauties do espy, As harm our senses with delight? Am I borne up to the skies? See where Jove and Venus shine, Showing in her heavenly eyes That desire is divine. Look where lies the milken way, Way unto that dainty throne, Where while all the Gods would play, Vulcan thinks to dwell alone." I gave reins to this conceit, Hope went on the wheel of lust; Fancy's scales are false of weight, Thoughts take thought that go of trust. I stepped forth to touch the sky, I a God by Cupid dreams; Cynthia, who did naked lie, Runs away like silver streams, Leaving hollow banks behind Who can neither forward move, Nor, if rivers be unkind, Turn away or leave to love. There stand I, like Arctic pole, Where Sol passeth o'er the line, Mourning my benighted soul, Which so loseth light divine. There stand I like men that preach From the execution place, At their death content to teach All the world with their disgrace. He that lets his Cynthia lie Naked on a bed of play, To say prayers ere she die, Teacheth time to run away. Let no love‑desiring heart In the stars go seek his fate, Love is only Nature's art. Wonder hinders Love and Hate. None can well behold with eyes But what underneath him lies. —Fulke Greville hear it read here, just scroll down to the player.

04-19-2010, 12:47 PM	#1705
Butterbean Member How Do You Identify?: ---- Preferred Pronoun?: ---- Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: ----- Posts: 1,143 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 2,417 Thanked 2,215 Times in 771 Posts Rep Power: 17690475	"I suspect we have internal senses. The mind's eye since Shakespeare's time has been proverbial; and we have also a mind's ear. To say nothing of dreams, one certainly can listen to one's own thoughts, and hear them, or believe that one hears them: the strongest argument adducible in favour of our hearing any thing." ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827

04-19-2010, 02:18 PM	#1706
weatherboi Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Owned boy Preferred Pronoun?: Hey boy!!! Relationship Status: counting freckles slowly under Her direction!!! Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: i have 2 sets of geographic coordinates!!! Posts: 6,097 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 26,797 Thanked 12,549 Times in 2,993 Posts Rep Power: 21474858	“Every act of conscious learning requires the willingness to suffer an injury to one's self-esteem. That is why young children, before they are aware of their own self-importance, learn so easily...” Thomas S. Szasz

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Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,175 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	The truth is rarely pure and never simple. ~Oscar Wilde

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04-19-2010, 04:32 PM	#1711
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Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,175 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	So much alarmed that she is quite alarming, All Giggle, Blush, half Pertness, and half Pout. ~Lord Byron

04-19-2010, 07:42 PM	#1713
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Ldyluck88 Member How Do You Identify?: Me Relationship Status: not here Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: somewhere Posts: 175 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 161 Thanked 117 Times in 67 Posts Rep Power: 23	The essence of pleasure is spontaneity. ~Germaine Greer

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Diva Timed Out How Do You Identify?: Diva Preferred Pronoun?: Diva Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Chez Diva Posts: 11,879 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 9,263 Thanked 17,175 Times in 5,239 Posts Rep Power: 0	Most people have a harder time letting themselves love than finding someone to love them. ~Bill Russell

04-20-2010, 05:34 AM	#1717
always2late Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: m'lady Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: NJ Posts: 2,000 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 1,834 Thanked 6,231 Times in 1,462 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	"The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving." - Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr __________________ Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing there is a field. I'll meet you there ~ Rumi

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Ldyluck88 Member How Do You Identify?: Me Relationship Status: not here Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: somewhere Posts: 175 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 161 Thanked 117 Times in 67 Posts Rep Power: 23	Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

04-20-2010, 08:11 AM	#1719
PinkieLee Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: I need ya boo, gotta see ya boo Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Big Money Texas Posts: 4,708 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 24,309 Thanked 13,075 Times in 3,049 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	"End each day with thoughts of peace. Begin each day with thoughts of peace. Continue thinking thoughts of peace throughout your precious day and happiness will be yours." ~ unknown

04-20-2010, 08:23 AM	#1720
PinkieLee Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Femme Relationship Status: I need ya boo, gotta see ya boo Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Big Money Texas Posts: 4,708 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 24,309 Thanked 13,075 Times in 3,049 Posts Rep Power: 21474857	Be not forgetful to cherish the gifts each moment brings. ~ unknown