Hey, does anyone know if "It is not enough to conquer; one must also know how to seduce" is from a book, or if it was something said in conversation or a speech? I'm trying to find the precise French for it, and don't know where to start.
Hey, don't worry about it. Nest full of vampires, you come get me, okay. Box full of puppies, that's more of a judgement call.
Jonathan ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jun 21, 2007 2:38:20 pm PDT #4259 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Steph L. - Jun 21, 2007 2:43:20 pm PDT #4260 of 10001
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
ita, that's Voltaire. (The author, not the band.)
megan walker - Jun 21, 2007 2:45:26 pm PDT #4261 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
C'est encore peu de vaincre il faut savoir séduire.
Jesse - Jun 21, 2007 2:46:23 pm PDT #4262 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
he was thereafter sarcastic and he beat up the FE
That's almost as good as the Vatican's "not for passing rudely, and not for picking up hookers."
Lee - Jun 21, 2007 2:48:22 pm PDT #4263 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
My question of the day:
How can you get through college and an entire year of law school and still be confused by a book just because it has chapter AND section numbers?
Theodosia - Jun 21, 2007 2:51:17 pm PDT #4264 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Lee, legacy admission?
§ ita § - Jun 21, 2007 2:52:25 pm PDT #4265 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
C'est encore peu de vaincre il faut savoir séduire.
Is that the original, or did you translate what I wrote?
I came across that and my other favourite Voltaire quote ("Si nous ne trouvons pas des choses agréables, nous trouverons du moins des choses nouvelles.") in French originally, but never committed the exact phrasings to memory. The other one was pretty easy to track back to Candide, but this one is used everywhere especially, it seems, on deviantart.com. I want them back.
Lee - Jun 21, 2007 2:52:47 pm PDT #4266 of 10001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
That could be.
Nutty - Jun 21, 2007 2:53:10 pm PDT #4267 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
Also, weren't you in SF for that F2F?
Oh, that is true. Sadly, I do not know the lesbian quotient for dancing, gaffing around like a nut, or drinking heavily.
§ ita § - Jun 21, 2007 2:54:17 pm PDT #4268 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
What's gaffing?