# Dueling Quotes **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 20, 2000, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959 "2000-06-20T08:13:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![2sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e47774/32.png) [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2000, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/81 "2000-06-26T06:31:53Z")
E-721 _Here Daniel went to Rome. And in the same year they killed the aetheling Cynewulf…_ ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/82 "2000-06-27T06:02:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Eccl.7:1 “A Good name is better than precious ointment; and the day of daeth better than the day of ones birth” > \*\* “My name is Ozymandius, King of Kings. Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair. Nothing beside remains. Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, the lone and level sands stretch far away.” ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/83 "2000-06-27T09:19:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > > “My name is Ozymandius, King of Kings. > Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair. > Nothing beside remains. Round the decay of that colossal wreck, > boundless and bare, the lone and level sands stretch far away.” > \*\* Eccl.1:14 “I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and Behold!, all is vanity and vexation of spirit”. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/84 "2000-06-27T15:16:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Eccl.1:14 “I have seen all the works that are done under the sun, and Behold!, all is vanity and vexation of spirit”. > \*\* “Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, Atoms or systems into ruin hurl’d, And now a bubble burst, and now a world.” –Alexander Pope, “Essay on Man” ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/85 "2000-06-27T19:23:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > “Who sees with equal eye, as God of all, > A hero perish, or a sparrow fall, > Atoms or systems into ruin hurl’d, > And now a bubble burst, and now a world.” > –Alexander Pope, “Essay on Man” > \*\* Prov 3:15 “That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and G-d requireth that which is past” ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/86 "2000-06-27T22:33:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Prov 3:15 “That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and G-d requireth that which is past” > \*\* "Th’exceptions few; some change since all began And what created perfect? --Why then man? " –Alexander Pope, “Essay on Man” This is tough–I don’t know Pope that well. ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2000, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/87 "2000-06-27T23:09:48Z")
Hmmm. The Iliad and Odyssey, or Dr. Seuss? Balance said: ““My name is Ozymandius, King of Kings. Look upon my works, ye mighty, and despair. Nothing beside remains. Round the decay of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare, the lone and level sands stretch far away.”” “You hush up your mouth!” howled the mighty King Yertle. “You’ve no right to talk to the world’s highest turtle. I rule from the clouds! Over land Over sea! There’s nothing, no, NOTHING, that’s higher than me!” ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/88 "2000-06-28T00:18:13Z")
[QOUTE] \*\* “You hush up your mouth!” howled the mighty King Yertle. “You’ve no right to talk to the world’s highest turtle. I rule from the clouds! Over land Over sea! There’s nothing, no, NOTHING, that’s higher than me!” \*\* [/QUOTE] “Ask for what end the heav’nly bodies shine, Earth for whose use,–Pride answers, ``'Tis for mine” –Alexander Pope, “Essay on Man” Whoa! I’m taking Pope up against Seuss? \ I’m toast. I don’t even _like_ Pope! I just ditched Shelley 'cause Ozymandius was the only good thing he ever wrote, and I’d already used half of it. Ah well, I’ll do my best. You may fire when ready. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/89 "2000-06-28T01:28:12Z")
\*\* [/QUOTE] "Th’exceptions few; some change since all began And what created perfect? --Why then man? " –Alexander Pope, “Essay on Man” \*\* [/QUOTE] Eccl. 9:11 “…Under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.” ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/90 "2000-06-28T01:33:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Hmmm. The Iliad and Odyssey, or Dr. Seuss? > > “You hush up your mouth!” howled the mighty King Yertle. “You’ve no right to talk to the world’s highest turtle. I rule from the clouds! Over land Over sea! There’s nothing, no, NOTHING, that’s higher than me!” > > \*\* Eccl. 3:19 “For that which befalleth the sons of man befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them; as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they all have one breath; so that a man hat no preeminence above a beast; for all is vanity” ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/91 "2000-06-28T02:29:30Z")
Danielinthewolvesden: you quoted: " ``` Eccl. 3:19 "For that which befalleth the sons of man befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them; as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they all have one breath; so that a man hat no preeminence above a beast; for all is vanity" ``` "So Horton kept sitting there, day after day. And soon it was Autumn. THe leaves blew away. And then came the Winter…the snow and the sleet! And icicles hung From his trunk and his feet. But Horton kept sitting, and said with a sneeze, “Ill STAY on this egg and I WON’T let if freeze. I meant what I said And I said what I meant… An elephant’s faithful One hundred percent!” -Horton Hatches the Egg Take that! Balance said: ““Ask for what end the heav’nly bodies shine, Earth for whose use,–Pride answers, ``'Tis for mine” –Alexander Pope, “Essay on Man”” “Well… Of course the world didn’t stand still. THe world grew. In a couple of years, the new highway came through And they built it right over those two stubborn Zax And left them there, standing un-budged in their tracks.” -The Zax You’re doomed. ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/92 "2000-06-28T04:09:08Z")
Say, I got my sig line off the women’s restroom wall at “Fast Eddies” (gone but not forgotten restaurant in my hometown.} Does that count as great literature? Scotti ---
**Author:** ![\_dpr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/b9e5f3/32.png) [@\_dpr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_dpr)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/93 "2000-06-28T06:28:09Z")
All bible references are contradicted a couple of ways. ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/94 "2000-06-28T08:47:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > > "So Horton kept sitting there, day after day. > And soon it was Autumn. THe leaves blew away. > And then came the Winter…the snow and the sleet! > And icicles hung > From his trunk and his feet. > > But Horton kept sitting, and said with a sneeze, > “Ill STAY on this egg and I WON’T let if freeze. > I meant what I said > And I said what I meant… > An elephant’s faithful > One hundred percent!” > -Horton Hatches the Egg > > \*\* Psalms 115:13 “He will bless them that have faith in the Lord, both great & small” ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/95 "2000-06-28T16:58:32Z")
**Scylla** said: > [@](#): > > \*\* > “Well… > Of course the world didn’t stand still. THe world grew. > In a couple of years, the new highway came through > And they built it right over those two stubborn Zax > And left them there, standing un-budged in their tracks.” > -The Zax > > You’re doomed. > \*\* Granted, but I mean to go down swinging. “Great Nature spoke; observant man obey’d; Cities were built, societies were made: Here rose one little state, another near Grew by like means, and join’d thro’ love or fear.” –Alexander Pope, “Essay on Man” **Danielinthewolvesden** said: > [@](#): > > \*\* > Eccl. 9:11 “…Under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.” \*\* “Nature to these without profusion kind, The proper organs, proper powers assigned; Each seeming want compensated of course, Here with degrees of swiftness, there of force” –Alexander Pope, “Essay on Man” ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/96 "2000-06-28T18:43:13Z")
[/QUOTE] \*\* “Nature to these without profusion kind, The proper organs, proper powers assigned; Each seeming want compensated of course, Here with degrees of swiftness, there of force” –Alexander Pope, “Essay on Man” \*\* [/QUOTE] Psalm 147:7-10 “…Sing praise… unto our G-d; Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains; he giveth the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. he delighteth not in the strength of the horse…” ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2000, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/97 "2000-06-28T19:04:18Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > Psalm 147:7-10 “…Sing praise… unto our G-d; Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains; he giveth the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. he delighteth not in the strength of the horse…” > \*\* “But errs not Nature from this gracious end, From burning suns when livid deaths descend, When earthquakes swallow, or when tempests sweep Towns to one grave, whole nations to the deep?” Alexander Pope, “Essay on Man”– ---
**Author:** ![Danielinthewolvesden](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Danielinthewolvesden](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Danielinthewolvesden)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/98 "2000-06-29T01:54:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\* > “But errs not Nature from this gracious end, > From burning suns when livid deaths descend, > When earthquakes swallow, or when tempests sweep > Towns to one grave, whole nations to the deep?” > Alexander Pope, “Essay on Man”– > \*\* Eccl.9:12 “For man also knoweth not his time; as the fishes are taken in an evil net, and as the birds are caught in the snare; so are the sons of man snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them”. ---
**Author:** ![2sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/e47774/32.png) [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/99 "2000-06-29T04:25:23Z")
E-1005 _Here in this year there was the great famine throughout the English race, such that no-one ever remembered one so grim before._ ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2000, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959/100 "2000-06-29T13:36:24Z")
Balance: “But errs not Nature from this gracious end, From burning suns when livid deaths descend, When earthquakes swallow, or when tempests sweep Towns to one grave, whole nations to the deep?” Alexander Pope, “Essay on Man” "So I said to myself , “Now, I’ll just have to start to be twice as careful and be twice as smart. I’ll watch out for trouble in front and back sections by aiming my eyeballs in different direcions.” -I Had trouble in getting to Solla Sollew Danielinthewolvesden: "Eccl.9:12 “For man also knoweth not his time; as the fishes are taken in an evil net, and as the birds are caught in the snare; so are the sons of man snared in an evil time, when it falleth suddenly upon them”. “Young man,” laughed the farmer, “You’re sort of a fool! You’ll never catch fish in McElligot’s Pool!” “Hmmmm…” answered Marco, “It may be you’re right. I’ve been here three hours without one single bite. There might be no fish… …But, again, Well, there might!” “If I wait long enough; if I’m patient and cool Who knows what I’ll catch in McElligot’s Pool!” -McElligot’s Pool [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dueling-quotes/22959.md?page=6)