| Aphorisms and/or Epigrams |
How to get into Second Life without really trying Selby Evans is Thinkerer Melville in Second Life |
| Definitions |
Wikipedia: An aphorism expresses a general truth in a pithy sentence. An epigram is a short poem with a clever twist at the end or a concise and witty statement. |
| Poetry? | Some sociolinguists consider the aphorism a compressed poetic genre in itself. Aphorisms typically make extensive use of such devices as alliteration (penny wise, pound foolish), anaphora (a penny saved is a penny earned) and rhyme (a stitch in time saves nine). |
| Vulcan review | Inadequate definition: The terms truth, pithy, clever, and witty do not denote properties of an expression. They denote properties of the observer and may vary with the observer. |
| Vulcan definition |
Any brief expression that someone treats as important enough to
merit the application of common poetic or rhetorical devices. (Note focus on process rather than product. Note focus on events, and observables at a low level of abstraction, often called concrete.) |
| Vulcan superclass |
Promotional slogans, sound bytes and aphorisms/epigrams |
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Promotional Slogans: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Ask the man who owns one. When you are second, you have to try harder. Only you can prevent forest fires. It doesn't matter what they say about you as long as they spell you name right Go west, young man, go west. Sound bites I can't say I don't disagree with what you said. The web is open 24/7, but when you are there, you are there alone. Second Life is also open 24/7, but there, you are never alone unless you want to be. (TM) Talk is the earliest form of virtual reality. Laugh lines The harder I work, the luckier I get. In this vale of toil and sin Male pattern deafness Catch lines Freedom's just another name for nothin' left to lose. - Kris Kristofferson Memory aids Spring forward, fall back Red and Yeller, kill a feller Righty tighty, lefty loosie |
Ambrose Bierce
(excerpts) Arrest --Formally to detain one accused of
unusualness. Bore--A person who talks when you wish him to
listen. Cannon--An instrument employed in the
rectification of national boundaries. Christian -- One who believes that the New
Testament is a divinely inspired book admirably suited to the
spiritual needs of his neighbor. Congratulation--The civility of
envy. Corporation--An ingenious device for obtaining
individual profit without individual responsibility. Education --That which discloses to the wise, and
disguises from the foolish, their lack of understanding. Future --That period of time in which our affairs
prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured. Innards --The stomach, heart, soul, and other
bowels. Insurrection --An unsuccessful revolution. Learning --The kind of ignorance distinguishing
the studious. Logic --The art of thinking and reasoning in
strict accordance with the limitations and incapacities of the human
misunderstanding. Love --A temporary insanity curable by marriage. Philosophy --A route of many roads leading from
nowhere to nothing. Pray --To ask that the laws of the universe be
annulled on behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.
Rational --Devoid of all delusions save those of
observation, experience and reflection. Religion --A daughter of Hope and Fear,
explaining to Ignorance the nature of the Unknowable. Vote --The instrument and symbol of a freeman's
power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country. Witch --1, an ugly and repulsive old woman in a
wicked league with the Devil; 2, a beautiful and attractive young
woman in wickedness a league beyond the Devil. Zeal --A certain nervous disorder afflicting the
young and inexperienced. |
Thinkerer's collection (excerpts) The secret to getting there is to know where you're going. Optimism does not say the bad won’t happen. It says you can cope with it. Irregular conjugation: I am self-confident. You are smug. He is arrogant. Confidence is the secret passage to authority. Fixers believe they can fix. Complainers believe they can complain. They are both right. Luke Skywalker: I don’t believe it. If you think you can, you are probably right. If you think you can't, you are certainly right. The path to success is paved with mistakes. If you can't make a mistake, you can't make anything. Children focus on what they can’t do. Adults focus on what they can do. If you don’t notice when you win, you will only notice when you lose. Luke Skywalker: I'll try. Why do people believe more in their limits than in their strengths? What matters is not what you have, but what you can do. Tell yourself what you can't do. Hear a stop sign. Tell yourself what you can do. What do you hear? You will know more tomorrow. How will you use that insight today? Your biggest obstacle is thinking you can't do it. Sin --a term used to condemn others without taking responsibility for the condemnation. Luck -- the explanation for the success of other people. |
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The Thinkerer
10/24/2008 Copyright (c) D. F. Dansereau & S. H. Evans |
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