Historical Quotes Game.

[Inkidu]

They can't be from movies. Oh no. Nope history only. Anonymous quotes can be used. Tricky eh?

Lets start her off easy.

It is entirely seemly to see a boy lying mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all things seem fair.

Say who said it what book it's from. Or if it's a proverb. Name the national origin. Turkish proverb, Native American Saying etc.

[Paradox]

(Are we supposed to guess who said it?)

[Inkidu]

(Is that not obvious enough, oops. Yes by the way.

[Dawg]

How about (the game already exists) /*looks up and whistles*/ -> https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=11277.0

[Paradox]

How about (the game already exists) /*looks up and whistles*/ -> https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=11277.0

Yeah but Inkedu said no movie/media quotes, so this one may go down a different path.

[Dawg]

Yeah but Inkedu said no movie/media quotes, so this one may go down a different path.

Cool

[Inkidu]

Paradox said it. If you've got to look it up I don't care. Maybe you'll learn something.

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[jstarz]

They can't be from movies. Oh no. Nope history only. Anonymous quotes can be used. Tricky eh?

Lets start her off easy.

It is entirely seemly to see a boy lying mangled by the bronze spear. In his death all things seem fair.

Say who said it what book it's from. Or if it's a proverb. Name the national origin. Turkish proverb, Native American Saying etc.

Greek, Homer, the Iliad.

ok here's the next one, "Never trust a computer you can't throw out a window."

[Paradox]

Steve Wozniak!

"My advice to you is to marry. If you find a good wife, you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher....and that is a good thing for any man."

[Inkidu]

Socrates. Yes I think its Socrates.

[Paradox]

Indeed it is!

[Inkidu]

"You'll get farther with a kind word and a gun, than you will with just a kind word."

[Inkidu]

Hint: Infamous gangster.

[Dawg]

Al Capone

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The better part of valor is discretion, in the which better part I have saved my life.

[jstarz]

Shakespeare, Henry IV Part 1

I don't know much about Angola, but I know one thing, they're in a lot of trouble.

[Aiden]

Charles Barkley

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"I heard the bullets whistle and, believe me, there is something charming to the sound of bullets."

[Dawg]

George Washington - Battle of the Wilderness

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If the condition of man is to be progressively ameliorated, as we fondly hope and believe, education is to be the chief instrument in effecting it.

[Inkidu]

Thomas Jefferson?

[Dawg]

Thomas Jefferson?

Are you sure?  Sounds like you ae questioning yourself

[Inkidu]

Yeah, but I could always look it up if I'm wrong.

[Dawg]

Yeah, but I could always look it up if I'm wrong.

your correct, go ahead

[Inkidu]

You can't change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust your sails. (This one's tricky. ^~^)

[Idej]

Jonathan Swift perhaps.

[Idej]

If that is so, then here is my quote.

This should be easy

"There are seven emotions:  joy, anger, anxiety, love, grief, fear, and if a man does not give way to these he can be called patient...  I have practiced patience."

[Inkidu]

Jonathan Swift perhaps.

No it's really tricky ;)

[Idej]

This shooting it way out there.  Jimmy Dean?

[Inkidu]

This shooting it way out there.  Jimmy Dean?

Nope go back and read what can be used as a quote.

[Fragile Dreams]

"Don't try to kill mosquitos with a canon"

Hint: philosopher

[Inkidu]

"Don't try to kill mosquitos with a canon"

Hint: philosopher

Slow down there, Champ. You've got to guess the previous.

"You can't change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust your sails." (This one's tricky. ^~^)

[Dawg]

You can't change the direction of the wind, but you can adjust your sails. (This one's tricky. ^~^)

Jimmy Ray Dean ~ Founder of Jimmy Dean Food Company

"I would rather be tied to the soil as another man's serf, even a poor man's,
who hadn't much to live on himself, than be King of all these the dead and destroyed."

[Inkidu]

Jimmy Ray Dean ~ Founder of Jimmy Dean Food Company

It might be attributed to him but I remember seeing the original quote as an unknown. I'll let it slide thought, just to move things a long.

[Dawg]

It might be attributed to him but I remember seeing the original quote as an unknown. I'll let it slide thought, just to move things a long.

Saw five sources to him before I posted (just to move things along ;) )

[Clio]

Oliver Cromwell?

[Lovebug]

""I would rather be tied to the soil as another man's serf, even a poor man's, who hadn't much to live on himself, than be King of all these the dead and destroyed" is the dead Achilles, addressing Odysseus in the underworld in the Odyssey.

"You dress like a cad. You act like a cad. You are a cad. Get out!"

Hint: father to son.

[TheWriter]

Hmmm...  George the Fifth?

[Lovebug]

Yup. Your turn.

[TheWriter]

"Do you really want to spend your entire lives praying for longevity? We were born to die! Whoever is with me, come to the battlefield tomorrow morning. Whoever is not, stay where you are and watch me win!"

[Aeval]

Nobunaga's speech at the Battle of Okehazama.

"Anyone who believes you can't change history has never tried to write his memoirs."

[dready]

David Ben-Gurion.

"failure is only an option if you're wishing to be defeated."

hehe, favorite one out there. ^^