When in doubt, quote somebody famous.
I'm pretty much out of stuff to say that will fit in a short post, so I'll give you a quote and you can guess who wrote it:
"To the claims of conformity no man may yield and yet remain free at all."
Very large gift* to the person who identifies the author and the work it was taken from. I haven't read it in about twenty years, so it may be slightly inaccurate, but it's close enough.
*Note: Gift does not actually exist.
"To the claims of conformity no man may yield and yet remain free at all."
Very large gift* to the person who identifies the author and the work it was taken from. I haven't read it in about twenty years, so it may be slightly inaccurate, but it's close enough.
*Note: Gift does not actually exist.
posted by Dirk at 3:02 pm
14 Comments:
1905 - from De Profundis
While to the claims of charity a man may yield and yet be free, to the claims of conformity no man may yield and remain free at all.
~Oscar WildeYeah, I'm a party pooper. Can't help myself. Shame I couldn't take that gift as a week's holiday with horses and m/bikes... I could do with a holiday :)
Hooch,
not sure if you get all the marbles or not... While the author is certainly correct, I thought it came from an essay called The Soul Of Man Under Socialism written in Reading Gaol in 1903.
Like I said it was over twenty years ago that I read it, in a book I picked up in a second-hand store in Young.
Dirk, me old mate, me old cobber, me old son. I never claimed to have all me marbles to start with :P
And yes, it would appear that I was hasty, and that the work I credited was, if not incorrect, at least a secondary work.
So much for my holiday. *sigh*
Hooch,
I wouldn't be making a cocession speech just yet, I'm no authority. Besides, marbles are overrated.
a quick look on google shows him using the same quote a few times, in both your essays at least
So O.K., we'll share the marbles.
Isn't Google cheating, though?
Adie,
I tried to look up that quote from the bible that Samuel L.Jackson used to say before he popped a cap in somebodies ass and I couldn't find it. Methinks he speaks with forked tongue.
Oh I was cheating BIG time... admittedly I did first try and find it in a book of modern quotes, but then I just said "fuck it" and Googled. So I've lost the marbles I never quite got to have in the first place.
Hooch,
I am shocked and stunned that you could stoop so low. Remind me never to buy a used car from you. ;-)
My marbles are definitely over-rated, on the other hand, my yo-yo isn't.
Nevertheless, I thought Oscar died in 1900. So just what was he doing writing stuff in 1903?
Dunno Tone, sometimes it's hard to keep a good man down.
when all else fails, cheat :-)
Bugger... that's a real shame Dirk, 'cause I've got this Crummadore Wagon I need to shift...
Rat,
you'll go far weith an attitude like that - possibly to jail.
Hooch,
shift it far and shift it fast, somebody you know might see you with it.
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