“If you would be happy for a week, take a wife; if you would be happy for a month, kill a pig; but if you would be happy all your life, plant a garden.” Chinese Proverb (Don’t blame me… 🙂 )
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“If you would be happy for a week, take a wife; if you would be happy for a month, kill a pig; but if you would be happy all your life, plant a garden.” Chinese Proverb (Don’t blame me… 🙂 )
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oh my god. its a heart touching picture which is creating calmness not in my eyes but in my soul..
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Thank you for such kind comments…
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Thanks for sharing a lovely pic and a good laugh 🙂
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Thank you Hanna. 🙂
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Beautiful! Haha but the proverb…. 😛
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Sometimes one has to wonder about Chinese Proverbs… however; on the side of hilarity or at least the memory is for me : “Once upon a time, on a sunny Sunday afternoon, we were sitting around the dining room table watching one of those shows that used to be shown Sunday afternoons when TV was free. The narrator was talking about faiths that believed in more than one wife. The camera focused on a man with a pleased-as-punch-yet-always-humble expression on his face sitting outside, somewhere, Utah, USA, at a large picnic table surrounded by his family of wives and children. The narrator said “… has seven wives…” “Seven!” My father blurted, “one is enough trouble.” Us kids all looked at Mom who had turned her head in the direction of my father. He was quiet for the remainder of the program. Priceless.
They are at least practical – a wife will make you happy for a week, after which all bets are off…
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Well, I wonder if they haven’t been reworked…I saw 3 variations of that quote…all similar…someone was in love with gardening for sure. 🙂
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I find that with translations. What I shake my head at the most are quotes of Nietzsche. He was not a ‘flowery’ guy, didn’t make ‘flowery’ statements, and I’ve lost count of how many of those ilk-quotes exist.
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Yes…I wonder about quotes as well…like Einstein’s. Hope you and yours are excited for Spring!!
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I began his theory of relativity when I was in teaching in Madrid. I got so pulled in, like going sub-atomic for real that I might never come up for air… I don’t know how else to describe it. I left several good books behind due to luggage weight limitations… I had goodies for my son and his wife… might get into it again.
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Very interesting…as always you are uniquely diverse and complex 🙂
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Amen…
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