Offbeat Sayings, Or The Art Of Wisdom By Trial And Error

@Silenus I'm glad you think we're on the same page too. I agree! Just put another poem on the writing thread which even uses some of the expressions you have and yet was written years ago 🙂

Oh wow!! @Silenus -

A common spirit indeed - we need fellow travellers who do not fear the future - or what is beyond our realm of being atm.

I have read a lot - and I have a retentive memory - and I am a writer - so this leads to me writing all sorts of wisdom literature -

I read the Greek Tradegies at University - what a thrill that was - and The Odyssey. When I first read that I was doing my HSC as a mature age student and thought - "I already know these stories, How do I know the so well?"

Dad was not a teacher but the loved teaching nevertheless - and he had told me all the stories about Ulysses - different name same person - and I told Dad what had happened when I gave him the best birthday present once - I wrote a lot of the things he had taught me on a big card

So for this discussion - what did I learn about reading Greek Tragedy and the Epics?

Well - we haven't changed much - the classics are about people - and so many of the heroes of old were caught between their gods and the Fates and Furies - and we might say a rock and a hard place but it means the same

If I ever found a fellow traveller Silenus - it might be you

Decadian

Never forget to take the time to smell the roses. But check for bees first…

Make hay while the sun shines, but not during bushfire season, and don’t forget to wear sunblock and a good hat…

Be elliptical…

Find something to make you laugh each and every day. If in doubt, use nitrous oxide…

Pearls are just oyster tumours. What does that say about pearls of wisdom…

Every now and then, stare at your toes – they start to look really weird after a while…

If you are ever bored, find the drill that did it and turn it off…

If you ever find yourself getting angry, imagine how silly other people think you look when you are trying to put on your best angry face…

Carpenters who made their own bed must also lie in it…

If science is really that good, where’s my flying car and my holiday trips to the moonbase…

If words don’t come easy, wouldn’t they make great lovers…

The journey is every bit as important as the destination. Stop to ask for directions once in a while, and don’t be afraid to make a few wrong turns. Watch out for gingerbread houses, though…

If pain is the realisation of life, pick at the sores every now and then…

Savour the past, live the now, dream of the future, and plot for world domination…

Never be mediocre – aim for fabulous. You score more chicks that way…

The closer you get to the centre of a turning circle, the slower it’s moving. At the very centre, it’s not moving at all. Whoa…