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Fan Area => Roleplaying (Communitive Storywriting) => Poetry, Comedy, and other. => Topic started by: Xillix Queen of Fools on February 08, 2007, 12:40:52 pm
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[since i know everyone is probably itching for some ps . . .]
Xillix posts a sign outside kada el's
"Dear Yliakum, I am collecting proverbs from the good and bad people of our fair lands if you can read, write your proverb here. If this note is being read to you dictate your proverb and have it written here. I hope to see some of the wisdom that is thrown to the winds collected.
I will start:
-As falka holds a fire longer than a glyph, so to does a fool hold wisdom longer than a sage.-
-never pee uphill, you'll get your boots wet-
Yours--
XilliX QOF"
[These proverbs should all be Yliakumized worldly wisdom or completely IC quips or puns]
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one of my favorites...
he/she/it couldn't grab the right end of a sword in under three tries.
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"An axe and a kind word will get ye more then just a kind word alone."
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Platinum or gold in your tria sack will keep Ynnwn theives out of it
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"If ye speak the truth, keep one foot in the stirup."
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*Annera writes some proverbs below the previous ones in the sign
Some words, many ways to interpretate them, by Annera Klorn
"Old enemies are like ulbernauts: their diplomatic seal is your dead corpse"
"Better to have a terrible truth coming to you like the darkness of the Stone Labyrinths than to live in deceptions"
"If you decide to become free to believe in nothing, everything else is granted"
"Discover the truth and it shall bring you liberty"
"If you stand still thinking, you will philosophically conclude your purse just was stolen"
I hope my contribution is worthy enough
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[awesome keep em coming]
"The rash warrior becomes an ulbernaut dropping, the thoughtful wears its furs"
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"Happiness is strong ale on a sunny day"
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Even Talad himself cannot make two mountains without a valley in between.
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*Narure drags a young smart dressed enki to the sign and gives him a prod with his dagger and begins to dictate*
"you should treat your fellow citizens generously, or destroy them, for small injuries they will seek revenge, for fatal ones they cannot"
"Bring umbrellas on sunny days also, as pterosaurs answer natures call independent of the weather"
"to defeat a mage, steal his glyphs"
*Narure puts his dagger away and gives the well dressed enki a kick in the backside as he scuttles off*
-Narure
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[heh, ok]
"The strongest is also the most vulnerable, because of hatred and resentment"
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Remember that proverbs must be completely IC (In Character).
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[oops sry bout that one, heres another]
Garris remembers the last wizard he fought, and the last things he told the wizard before it died.
"A glyph quickly learned is quickly forgotten"
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Stonebreaker Proverbs
'A blunt axe is worth two sharp swords'
'A good beard doesn't make a good dwarf'
'Blood is thicker than water, but stone is thicker than both'
'The deeper the mine, the richer the seam'
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Stonebreaker Proverbs
'A blunt axe is worth two sharp swords'
'A good beard doesn't make a good dwarf'
'Blood is thicker than water, but stone is thicker than both'
'The deeper the mine, the richer the seam'
Just to add to it:
When the going gets tough, drink some ale!
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the shadow points as true as the light to the centre.
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Never take a wooden tria.
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Never try to give a man a wooden tria.
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If one offers you a wooden tria, tell him that is as much as he is worth
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*Annera, puts some wise words regarding wealth, and following the previous ones theme
"If economy collapsed, you still could make a table with wood and trade it for food, but what would trias be useful for then?"
"A piece of meat cutted in the shape of a tria saciates your hunger better than the apple you pay one tria for."
"There are always two masters who you voluntarily may chose to enslave yourself to: nobody or your trias."
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When the weather is turbulent divine presences are with us
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A new warrior is better left without teaching than with ill teaching.
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"If you ain't never pick up the sword, you ain't never have to worry 'bout falling on it."
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and in that vein
"a sharp sword is a very blunt tool."
"a sword is very easy thing to pick up. it is a very hard thing to put down."
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"Some battles you choose, others are chosen for you."
“A man who bluffs with his life is a fool who sleeps with vipers,”
Young man says, "I do not wish to hear it." Old man says, "That is when you need to hear it the most."
“A favor for a favor, a word for a word."
"If you don't choose a side of the coin before it falls, you get neither."
"A man who faces demons can rarely face himself."
- all quotes from UtM.
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"A day's worth of mining is never worth a lifetime of troubles."
"The young enkidukai yearns for sweet meats; the mature enkidukai will yearn for warm milk; however it is the older enkidukai who is the wisest, for while he yearns for both he also knows the price."
"Stay away from caves and dark places. Wait. You're already in one." >.>
"Axe be da best darn friend me got", said the gruff ruddy tavern patron before slicing a brick of cheese with his one handed variant.
"Krans scare me for one reason in particular: Mining. I mean, aren't they practically shanghai'ing their own family?"
OUT OF CHARACTERS ('Cus I had to go there.)
"Beware of fall damage. Beware of wild creatures. Beware of large groups of unfriendly players. Well, you know.. just avoid Crystal Blue altogether."
"My theory is this: Clipping errors have been largely taken care of thanks to the addition of a soul. My evidence being the death realm taking care of #1 place you don't want to be, replacing 'Kada El Tavern'"
"Everything sounds much wiser in an Administrator's shout command."
"Everything sounds a great deal less intelligent when given in a regular shout command."
"The command /me makes me warm inside because I envision it as a little stick person leaning 'on me'."
"\o/ Still looks like a strange form of 'laugh out loud'."
/me eats a diamond and disappears.
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Even Talad himself cannot make two mountains without a valley in between.
Wait... what if one mountain had another mountain 'furuncle' or a big pimple. Ahh.. topographical awkward phases make me giggle.
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In the eye of Galeran is the truth of faith kept creeping. -Laanx Proverb
Death is always Victory! -Shadow Squadron saying.
The life of honor is in bearing our thefts as the will of some god, I love the worshipful.- Onyx Dagger Saying
"These Dastardly beasts are invading our tunnels"
"Well, Bash brains and strain them through funnels!" Hammerweilder song lyrics
Never ask an Octarch what a peasant can tell you.
When dealing with the government keep your purse under your clothes and your clothes grubby.
Always pay for the first drink, your friends are more generous when typsy. -A diaboli saying
You can't drown a nolthrir . . . . . . without sand. -Zak
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*Anadyr cocks her head*
"The most efficient way to remove an enemy is to make them your ally."
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The clearest view of reality is through Imagination.
Pain is the best indicator to let you know you are not dead.
Celibrate all losses as if they were victories, for losing teaches us how to be victorious.
Wisdom does not come with age, senility does.
When the Dwarf is away, the Fenki will play.
Ale! Giving Dwarves courage for centuries.
A dwarf in a tavern dwells on his shortcommings, A Dwarf in battle overcomes them.
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"Show weakness to conceal your strength"
"Elvish wine and dwarven ale are the two best things to keep the mood from getting stale."
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Prayers in place of labor leads to hunger not to savoirs A ylian "Athiest"
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*Annera gets inspired from the last proverb and add some others about her "faith"
"Prayer is not a blanket for the chilling bums, although it is a proper way of keeping them on their place"
"It is no wonder that where there is a temple there is always a palace"
"The atheist hero has faith on his exploits, the pious one is exploited by faith"
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"Even the realm of death knows another death. This other death is best left bereft of light, goodnight." A goodbye rumored to have come from the deathrealm.
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"You know who you really are when you look in a mirror, after all, you will only see one of two things, a man, or a killer."
-Holdan Grimblade-
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There are no martyrs only fools lost in the realm of death.
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he/she/it looks like a grendol a week dead
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"Show weakness to conceal your strength"
(God, that brings back memories!
"Show your Cyl to conceal your Nurahk" :P)
"The true beauty lies not in the Flame itself, but in the Shadows it casts" (Short form of) The Shadow Force chant.
"Sell a man a fish, earn tria; teach a man to fish, lose a costumer." (I heard this from Parallo I believe)
"The fear of the dark unknown causes heroes to become fools."
"Fear is like guard dog. Control it and it can save your life. Let it loose and it will rip your throat out." (You can thank David Gemmell for that)
"Give a man fire, keep him warm for the night. Light a man on fire, keep him warm for the rest of his life."
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"It's not the falling that scares me, it's the sudden stop". Said the Klyros.
As Radiant replyed,"Ah gravity, what a cruel mistress she can be".
So the moral is, it's better to seduce gravity to than to try and defy it.
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Time is tria
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"Give a man fire, keep him warm for the night. Light a man on fire, keep him warm for the rest of his life."
I think that one goes on Tybalt
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Tria is the root of all evil
Evil is rooted in all tria
You can make soup with a root
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The intent is to wound, a hobbled warrior's disgrace is your glory --Grimal Bloodaxe
How we have lived determines how we live more than intentions or prayers. --Aliress Doomforge, Historian.
Though the raven and the eagle symbolize different things, they both value the egg. --Dark Wanderer.
You cannot make a coat without skinning a few trepors. --Datal Allavium
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"A warrior with sharp blades has more than likely allowed his skill to dull" - Jangeol Bakieck
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Unless you are deaf no fool's gold should pass through you. -Darphen Wrestele
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Blind loyalty inspires legends, a smart retreat is rewarded with scorn
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Printh is where a Purrty lives.
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*Phinehas notices the list as he goes to enter the tavern. He pauses in thought and decides to scribble a few words of wisdom of his own.*
"Disturb a wizard's research, and you become the experiment."
"If you toy with magic, it will reciprocate."
"Never show a wizard your dislike, he might express mutual feelings."
"Wizardry is not the study of magic. It is the study of all things, as they apply to magic."
"Judge a warrior by his muscle, and a thief by his agility. Don't even try to judge a wizard."
"How much knowledge does it take to be a powerful wizard? Enough."
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"It does not matter if you are good what matters if anyone is better"-Some warriors's moto.
"You can run fast but eventualy you'll trip"A popular thieves saying.
"If you have a knife, no trias and a hate for society then you are imidiately given two choices: beg or steal"-Most take the second choice.
"Some are smart ,some are lucky most are smart enough to steal with friends thus making themselfs lucky"-Another saying popular among thieves.
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"Tria don't make you happy, be happy they make tria!"
Mage's proverb: "Never enchant a weapon to make it invincible. They might hold it against you."
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even the best secks starts with grinding the flour
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What is "secks"?!
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Yeah, I wasn't sure if he was talking about "sex" which doesn't seem to make any sense, or "sacks" which... doesn't seem to make any sense...
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Here are some I like:
"If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere."
"He who never walks except in other men's tracks, will make no discoveries."
"You have the right to remain stupid. Everything you say can and will be ignored."
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same."
"Perception is real, even when it is not reality."
"You can't clear the swamp when you're up to your ass in aligators."
"Never give a sword to a man who can't dance."
Keep them coming, and may fortunes smile bring tears to your eyes.
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secks (http://hydlaa.com/smf/index.php?topic=18926.msg309431#msg309431). it is a pastry.
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Here are some I like:
"If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't lead anywhere."
"He who never walks except in other men's tracks, will make no discoveries."
"You have the right to remain stupid. Everything you say can and will be ignored."
"Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same."
"Perception is real, even when it is not reality."
"You can't clear the swamp when you're up to your ass in aligators."
"Never give a sword to a man who can't dance."
Keep them coming, and may fortunes smile bring tears to your eyes.
These are obviously not Yliakum-oriented. In fact, then next-to-last one doesn't even work, seeing as Yliakum has no alligators.
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If ye seek metal follow the dwarves, If it is gems ye seek follow the Kran -dwarven mining wisdom.
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The crystal waxes, the crystal wanes. So shall the world turn right again...
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You can take Hydlaa out of stupidity but you cant take stupidity out of Hydlaa - Heard this one in game a while back
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*Maulus thinks for a moment, then smiles to himself*
"Daggers are for cutting, cutting is for strings, strings are for purses, and purses...are for Thieves."
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"why bend over when you can pay a begger to pick up the apple for you" - Harnquist
"Money is control, control is power, power is money" - Crime lord with same philosophy as Harnquist
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I would rather be digested by an ulbernaut than forced to kiss a trepor.
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"Diplomacy is saying 'nice Ulber' until you find a strong enough sword."
"Picnics are always good for lifting the spirits."
"Well, I can't fight well and I can't really mine anymore. Hmm... all that is left is picnicing.... Ah well, I like picning better anyway."
-Illysia Caterean
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"for what we are about to receive, may the gods make us truely thankful." a common solider's prayer before combat.
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"Give a man fire, keep him warm for the night. Light a man on fire, keep him warm for the rest of his life."
Ehem. Props please? (that quote came from me. ;) )
Take, found, given, stolen... all the same word. It is only your morals that change. (edited to take out the bad lisp)
Er, now it is time for Words of Wisdom from Hyuken!
If kran marry a kran, who is husband and who wife?
Chairs so hard to sit on with nowhere to put your tail.
Careful going down steps. Sometimes you go down too fast and die.
I do good like my Paw always say. A good deed is better than money in the pocket.
Paw always said a good floor is better than ten chairs.
(on glory lost) It never lost, as long as someone remember...my Paw used to say.
Never eat black food, my Mum always say to me.
And a little story on the wisdom of stealth (as told to Einnol and Netrhys ingame):
Hyuken: Steathly not work on enkis. We can hear in the dark. That is how I wake up in the middle of the night up in the hayloft. Someone down below making stealthy noise. I think "Oh no! I in big trouble if that the farmer." But I look down to see two man with lantern. They got a bag between them that full of coins. I think that it muss not be the farmer, cause farmers only gots bags of dirt. Everyone knows that. So, I get worried. They muss have been royalty to have all that money. Royals act funny, and do things like that in the dark in farmer barn, I think. So, I try to sneak out the loft door...but I forget it not have ground nearby. But....well, the ground find me anyways. It hard to be so steathly when the ground is not, and it jumps up at you. I make a big thump, but not hurt. I jump up as one man say he hear something.I know royals don't like folks listening to them in the dark, so I run. But I looking behind me, and run right into a pile of empty wine barrels. The wine barrels not know how to be stealthy -at all-. The Royals run out, all hollering and shouting, but I see better in the dark now that I look where I go, and I get away. I run into town and hide. Later I hear that some bandits was caught out in a farm with a bag of coins, and that the farmer heard lots of noise. The royals I saw must have been robbed right after I run away, and the farmer hear them.
Einnol says: I think those royals of yours might have been those bandits that you heard about. You might have helped them be discovered and captured through your mishap trying to escape.
Hyuken says: That is silly, sir Einnol. Everyone knows bandits live in caves, not farmer's barns.
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He that chases two groffels will lose them both.
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Only a fool will teach dancing to an Ulber
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talad, laanx, which one asks less tithe? I am going to be "saved" on the cheap. --zak--
You want a long walk enki? --Dlayo--
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"For the world is hollow and i have touched the sky" (Forgot the author)