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One reason that so few people that can carry on a rational and agreeable conversation is because virtually everyone puts more attention on what they want to say than they do on listening to what others are saying and answering them [accordingly]. [Even] the most clever and polite people are content with only appearing to be attentive… [but in truth], they are wandering from what is said, and really want to return to what they want to say…
The worst way to persuade or please others is to try thus strongly to please ourselves; and some of the greatest charms we can have in conversation come from listening well and answering well. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
As it is the mark of great minds to say many things in a few words, so it is that of little minds to use many words to say nothing. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
The defects of the mind are like the wounds of the body: no matter how much care we take to heal them, the scars remain, and there is always the danger that they will reopen. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
In all aspects of life, we take on a part and an appearance to seem to be what we wish to be [seen as]—and thus the world is merely composed of actors. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
Idiots and lunatics see only their own wit. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
However rare true love is, true friendship is rarer. -Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
Most things are praised or condemned only because it is fashionable to praise or condemn them. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
One may outwit another, but not all the others. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
We can be more clever than one, but not more clever than all. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
What is commonly called friendship is no more than a partnership; a reciprocal regard for one another's interests, and an exchange of good offices; in a word, a mere traffic, wherein self-love always proposes to be a gainer. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
What seems generosity is often disguised ambition, that despises small to run after greater interests. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
We seldom find people ungrateful so long as we are in a condition to render them service. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
There are certain people fated to be fools; they not only commit follies by choice, but are even constrained to do so by fortune. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
If we had no faults, we should not take so much pleasure in noting those [faults] of others. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
Pride is for the most part the same in everybody—the only difference is in the method and manner of showing it. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
Self-interest speaks all sorts of tongues and plays all sorts of characters—even that of self-disinterest. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
Self-interest blinds some people, and makes others see. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
The changes in our moods fluctuate even more than fortune [/ chance] does. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
Truth does not do as much good in the world as the semblance of truth does evil. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
Silence is the safest policy for he who distrusts himself. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
What makes us so changeable in our friendships is that it is difficult to know the qualities of the soul, but it is easy to know those of the mind. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
We can love nothing except what we base on our own selves, and when we prefer our friends to ourselves, we are just following our own taste or pleasure. Nevertheless, it is only by that preference that friendship can be true and perfect. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
Those who know their minds do not necessarily know their hearts. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
Men and things each have their proper perspective. To judge some of them rightly, it is necessary to see them at near, while to judge others rightly, we must see them at a distance. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
The head cannot play the part of the heart for long. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
It is as easy to unknowingly deceive yourself as [it is] to deceive others. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
Nothing is less sincere than the act of asking and giving advice. Although the asker seems to pay attention to the opinion of his friend, in reality he is just plotting to make the friend approve his [the asker’s] own opinion and to make the friend responsible for his [the asker’s] conduct.
The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness… and he is usually guided only by his own interest or reputation. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
The most deceitful people blame deceit in order to use it on some great occasion to promote a certain great self-interest. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
There are different kinds of curiosity: one comes from self-interest, which makes us want to know everything that may be profitable to us; another from pride, which comes from a desire to know what others are ignorant of. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
There are both heroes of evil and heroes of good. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
Lucky people are usually bad players when it comes to correcting their faults; they always believe that they are right when chance [/ fortune] backs up their vice or folly. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
Some lies are disguised so well to resemble the truth, that we should be poor judges of truth if not to be deceived by them. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
It is more necessary to study men than books. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
Few things are needed to make a wise man happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
However rare true love is, true friendship is rarer. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
It is easier for a well-trained mind to submit to an ill-trained mind than to guide it. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
We should often be ashamed of our very best actions if the world only saw the motives that caused them. - Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Captain Ping Pong: A compilation of Crème de la Crème Quotes by Francois duc de La Rochefoucauld
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
A compilation of "Curiosity killed the cat" by Captain Ping Pong
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Curiosity killed the cat is a proverb used to warn against being too curious lest one come to harm.
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"Curiosity Killed The Cat" (curiosity can be dangerous... ) Curiosity killed the cat reminds us that being too curious can be dangerous.
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Inquisitiveness can lead one into dangerous situations.
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A man should live if only to satisfy his curiosity. Yiddish Proverb ... Curiosity killed the cat. Proverb of Unknown Origin ... If the patient dies, the doctor has killed him, but if he gets well, the saints have saved him. Italian Proverb
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Knowing some things can be dangerous, so don't be so curious to know them.
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it is best to stop being curious or it will backfire on you
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curiosity can thus deteriorate your life and
get into deep trouble.
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"Newspapers always excite curiosity. No one ever puts one down without the feeling of disappointment." - Charles Lamb
Friday, August 21, 2009
Words of Wisdom from Senor kopiroti 1
I TINK FIGHT 1 FAV SHOULD B OK , MOST OF MY BOOKIES FREN DOING WELL AND MY PUNTERS FREN GETTING LESS AND LESS , LOSE UNTIL CANNOT TAHUN
Caps lock because he is a VIP
Words of Wisdom from Senor a3ton81
Do i look kind??? i may not be good with words, but i might just interest you with some of my sarcastic remarks !!! "
Words of Wisdom from Senor Blursotong
"When you say the right thing in the wrong place, they will throw you out! This morning, armed with a punter's way in hand, I went to MacDoanld and ask the counter crew on what horse to bet? They also throw me out!
Sssssssh---- if you think this is bad,let me tell you what happen last week at Kranji. I said to the teller Race 1 no. 4. and after ten minutes, they confiscated my money! Not even a $5.00 refund."
Bottomline line...... Say the right thing in the right place/to the right people.
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Not My Masterpiece
Not My Masterpiece
but from Channel NewsAsia
for your kind perusal
Charity conman Rajendran jailed
By 938LIVE | Posted: 18 August 2009 1851 hrs 
Rajendran Rajamani
SINGAPORE: The man who misappropriated more than S$110,000 of charity money, Rajendran Rajamani, has been sentenced to 5 years and 2 months in prison.
He will also be barred from serving as a company director for five years after his release.
The 26-year-old had earlier pleaded guilty to 26 of the 90 charges brought against him. The rest were taken into consideration during his sentencing.
Rajendran misappropriated the money over a span of less than two years.
He had set up three charities – Children of Singapore Foundation, Children Leukaemia Foundation and Club Sunshine – which were supposed to help cancer-stricken children.
But he ended up using the funds for himself, his friends and his girlfriend.
To cover his tracks, he falsified payment vouchers, invoices, financial aid payouts and the accounts of the foundations. He even named his parents as two of the directors without their knowledge and consent.
During the sentencing, the judge stressed that a strong deterrent message must be sent out.
- 938LIVE/ir
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Ken Lim
"If I listen to a song on the radio and if I don't like it I will switch it off" Singapore Idol judge Ken Lim
