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ITT: Famous, mysterical quotes that have haunted the mankind for ages.

Starting off with a classic.

"My God, My God, Why have you Forsaken Me."

>> No.4652167

"Whereas one cannot speak, one must be silent"

>> No.4652188

>>4652167
"Wherein one cannot speak, one must be silent"

>> No.4652198

'the ass was fat'

>> No.4652200

>>4652167
Isn't it more like: "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent" ?

Fun thread. Let's start with classics, then move on towards more ignored quotes.
Bonus points for guessing the source.
An easy one:
>"Vanity of vanities. All is vanity"
>"In the beginning, God had created the sky and the earth"
>"his voice is thunder, his look is fire and his breath is death"

Last one is significantly harder (who is it referring to ?)

>> No.4652209

“Has Anyone Really Been Far Even as Decided to Use Even Go Want to do Look More Like?”

>> No.4652215

"The medium is the message"

>> No.4652219

dependent origination and dependent cessation in the pali nikayas. try and find a clearer formulation of how desire and attachment arise and how they may be brought to cessation.

protip: you cant

>> No.4652220

>>4652215
more like 'the medium affects the message'

>> No.4652223

>>4652200
Bible
Bible
Epic of Gilgamesh

>> No.4652221

“The story is not in the words; it's in the struggle.”

>> No.4652259

Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

>> No.4652283

>>4652220
nope.

>> No.4652297

There is this interview with Borges in which he says there are three essential metaphors that run throughout literature:
>Life as dreaming
>Death as sleeping
>Time as a road

http://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4331/the-art-of-fiction-no-39-jorge-luis-borges

Not exactly what you asked for, but I think it suits the thread.

>> No.4652307

Smithers, take a note. From now on I'm only going to be good and kind, to everyone!

>> No.4652316

"Woe to the vanquished"

>> No.4652340

>>4652200
Bible, Ecclesiastes
Bible, Moses' First Book
a reference to Baal I guess from ancient judaism or ugarit... no idea, just a guess

>> No.4652347

>>4652161
>dat album

You are a good person and I respect you.

>> No.4652350

>>4652297

I also like from Borges the following beautifully simple quote:

“The mind was dreaming. The world was its dream.”

Captures Plato and Hegel perfectly.