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    What is this quote saying?

    " A lie will easily get you out of a scrape, and yet, strangely and beautifully, rapture possesses you when you have taken the scrape and left out the lie."

    0  Views: 1025 Answers: 6 Posted: 12 years ago

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    How about....."Speak in words that others can understand and make your life easier"?

    itsmee

    Bravo! You got it, Ducky.
    digger

    I don't get it.
    Ducky

    Moderator
    I know digger, I know.

    Maybe you can avoid the "consequences" of a misdeed by lying your way out of it, but the truth will set you free.    THAT means, the lie possesses you. 


    Here are a few definitions for "rapture" (notice, NOT capitalized)
    1.  an expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion 
    2.  a state or experience of being carried away by overwhelming emotion
    3.  a mystical experience in which the spirit is exalted to a knowledge of divine things 

    itsmee

    I took a poetry class and I swear this is true: We had to look up EVERY word. Words have so many shades of meaning. I did my work on Dylan Thomas and learned a lot. I keep thinking I’ll look up poetry and do that again ... but I don’t. The poem I liked best was Fern Hill and I came up with a meaning that hadn’t been thought of before. So ... I brag BUT I wasn’t necessarily right. : )
    One time when I was young a very nice man did “Fanny”for me. It’s a lovely romantic poem but I couldn’t get past that word “fanny” It made me giggle down deep in my throat. Oh, I was embarassed at 15......memories.
    Bob/PKB

    I enjoy poetry and used to write when I was much younger. My only adult stage performance was in "THE MISANTHROPE" by Moliere. The entire dialogue was in rhyme. I enjoyed the challenge of orating my lines as Arsinoe wuthout sounding "singsong". Looking up every word seems a little tedius, but I can understand how knowing the different definitions can give you many interpretations.
    mycatsmom

    PKB, I almost had an orgasm just reading that.---your def of rapture :-P

    I don't think it makes any sense. It tries to but doesn't make it.

    A bird in the bush ,is worth more then two in the hand, 

    Ducky

    Moderator
    Are you sure?
    hector5559

    Yes of course ,ducks dont like to be held tight,freedom in the bush,
    Bob/PKB

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    hector5559

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    Dollybird

    A bird in the hand is worth more than two in the bush.

    If it ain't fixed, don't break it.

    Ducky

    Moderator
    Are you sure?
    digger

    Positive.Think about it.
    Ducky

    Moderator
    I've been up all night, thinking about it.
    digger

    I never said YOU'D find it easy to figure out. ;-)
    Ducky

    Moderator
    Nothing worthwhile is easy though, is it?
    digger

    ...and THIS one REALLY is worthwhile !
    Ducky

    Moderator
    I know...it came from YOU!!!!! :)
    Dollybird

    If its not broke, dont fix it.
    digger

    Dolly, Now, THAT doesn't make any sense whatsoever.
    Ducky

    Moderator
    @digger...where is the logic, right?
    digger

    I can't find it ? Can you ?
    Ducky

    Moderator
    Nope...could it be US???
    digger

    Don't be ridiculous.
    Ducky

    Moderator
    Dumb thought.
    Dollybird

    digger, explain the sense in you answer as my answer does not make any sense what so ever to you, it makes sense to me. ( cant fix what is not broken in first place )
    digger

    Ahhh. You know what,Dollybird? I think you're on to something. But I doubt that Ducky will get it.
    Ducky

    Moderator
    You're right Digger...'splain it ta' me will 'ya, huh?
    digger

    Oooofff. Where do I start ?
    Ducky

    Moderator
    <sigh> I'll just try to figure it out on my own. :(

    The quote at the top of the page is a bunch of gobbledegook.

    itsmee

    I think you have that exactly right.


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