Positive quotations or aphorisms about crime and/or criminals? [more inside]
posted by paradoxflow on Nov 11, 2008 - 23 answers

What are your quotes, literary passages, aphorisms, lyrics, stanzas, etc. about love?
posted by shotgunbooty on Nov 9, 2008 - 52 answers

"You can't teach an old dog new tricks": Can anyone think of other versions of this or similar aphorisms? ("the horse is out of the barn," etc. about aging. From other languages or cultures, perhaps?
posted by wavejumper on Oct 12, 2006 - 18 answers

I'm making a list of 'wise sayings' that contradict eachother. Examples: Many hands make light work.< -->Too many cooks spoil the broth. Look before you leap.< --> He who hesitates is lost. Absence makes the heart grow fonder.< --> Out of sight, out of mind. More, please, but not from 'pop culture'; rather, phrases more established in literature and ethnic/cultural history. Morals from Aesop's fables? Biblical quotes?
posted by pgoes on Sep 12, 2005 - 22 answers

Rhyming Aphorisms/Superstitions/Pieces of Folk Wisdom: (ie. Wind from the east, fish bite the least). I can't get enough of them. Please tell me more. [more inside]
posted by cadastral on Apr 14, 2005 - 88 answers

Is there a site that collects ethnic and national generalizations made by famous authors, aphorists, or wits? Like Georg Lichtenberg saying that if each country were named after the phrase one hears first on arrival, England would have to be called "Damn It".
posted by kenko on Nov 1, 2004 - 0 answers

A friend of mine has a philosophy PhD paper that takes the form of 100s of short aphorisms. There are several different narrative "paths" through these. He wants to put them on the web and allow people to choose their paths through. What's the best way to do it? each aphorism as an xml record, each with a "tag" for "next aphorism in path A", "next for path B.." etc? Bonus Guinness for suggestions on how web users can set up and save their own "paths" thru for others to follow.
posted by Pericles on Jul 23, 2004 - 11 answers