Mr Doty
I was only trying to be amusing and I think the same is true for bald 716 (not being that commentor I couldn’t say for sure). I think we would all enjoy the comments more if you tried to see if the comment could in any way be interpreted as an attempt at humor. (That’s what I do).
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it. (Seneca)
BTW - I have no idea who Seneca is I just like the quote. If someone does know who he is I would appreciate that information.
Here’s what wikipedia says about Seneca:
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger) (c. 4 BC – AD 65) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero. He was later forced to commit suicide for complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to assassinate this last of the Julio-Claudian emperors; however, he may have been innocent.
Seneca: “It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.”
There’s irony there, in that Seneca was a pioneer in the genre of Revenge Tragedies. If his characters followed that advice, Seneca’s dramas probably wouldn’t have been very…dramatic.
[Long digression on Seneca’s influence on Shakespeare, and Hamlet in particular, omitted. And there was much rejoicing.]
Thank you fritzoid & natashalee, I still think the quote is good advice and sometimes “do as I say, and not as I do” is justified by the knowledge of those who have done what they wished they had not.
carmy about 14 years ago
Stop wishing Papi, make Baldo clean up his mess.
Jml58 about 14 years ago
big help.
margueritem about 14 years ago
ITA with Carmy.
lewisbower about 14 years ago
If you leave your socks and underwear in the bed, they get washed with the sheets. Or so I’ve heard.
bald about 14 years ago
my youngest son was never that sloppy, the others on the other hand…..
Joe–it also counts in hand grenades
Ooops! Premium Member about 14 years ago
Man I was going to say hand grenades.
How about nuclear bombs and water balloons?
Ooops! Premium Member about 14 years ago
Oh, Fred says, “You wouldn’t want to be standing too close to more than 32 ounces of Doc’s coffee either.”
Templo S.U.D. about 14 years ago
Eso no ayuda, Baldo. That doesn’t help.
Ooops! Premium Member about 14 years ago
Mr Doty I was only trying to be amusing and I think the same is true for bald 716 (not being that commentor I couldn’t say for sure). I think we would all enjoy the comments more if you tried to see if the comment could in any way be interpreted as an attempt at humor. (That’s what I do).
It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it. (Seneca)
BTW - I have no idea who Seneca is I just like the quote. If someone does know who he is I would appreciate that information.
Respectfully, LuvH8
natashalee about 14 years ago
Here’s what wikipedia says about Seneca: Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger) (c. 4 BC – AD 65) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero. He was later forced to commit suicide for complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to assassinate this last of the Julio-Claudian emperors; however, he may have been innocent.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SenecatheYounger
fritzoid Premium Member about 14 years ago
Seneca: “It is often better not to see an insult than to avenge it.”
There’s irony there, in that Seneca was a pioneer in the genre of Revenge Tragedies. If his characters followed that advice, Seneca’s dramas probably wouldn’t have been very…dramatic.
[Long digression on Seneca’s influence on Shakespeare, and Hamlet in particular, omitted. And there was much rejoicing.]
Ooops! Premium Member about 14 years ago
Yes, indeed the irony!
Thank you fritzoid & natashalee, I still think the quote is good advice and sometimes “do as I say, and not as I do” is justified by the knowledge of those who have done what they wished they had not.