Author: TronTron Date: May 4, 2008 16:52
Hi,
"Thomas Keske" comcast.net> skrev i melding
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POET'S POSTSCRIPT
>
> I think that a prejudice exists, a notion that no one
> should try to compose sayings, as if this would be
> be like awarding yourself a medal. The feeling is that
> you are supposed to say something innocently and
> unself-consciously, then be validated by someone quoting it:
> only then it becomes a quote.
The form you work in here is in the time-honoured tradition of aphorisms and
epigrams (and many other corresponding formats), a tradition which goes way
back into classical antiquity.
The majority of the writings of Nietzsche are in this form, and all of La
Rochefoucauld.
Nothing to worry about.
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