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Jackson6612 Posted 19 years ago
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Life is not what it seems; we don't recognize...

1font00Life is not what it seems; we don't recognize ourselves as we're all lost.02br
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01font00I think; therefore, I doubt whether I am or not.02br
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01font00My dear friends, are you sure you're not dreaming? Then, it must be me that is dreaming of you?02font02br
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01font01font01b00Is this poem? What does that mean whether it's poem or not?02br
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12br 12font 12br 12br 11font 10My dear friends, are you sure you're not dreaming? 12font 12br 12blockquote 12br 01font 01font 01b 00Is this poem? 02i 02font 02br 02br 01font 02font 0-

— Pioussoul

  • 12br 12font 12br 12br 11font 10My dear friends, are you sure you're not dreaming?
  • 12font 12br 12blockquote 12br 01font 01font 01b 00Is this poem?
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01cite10Jackson661212cite11font10Life is not what it seems; we don't recognize ourselves as we're all lost.12br
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1b00Pioussoul wrote:02b02br
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01b00''nevertheless, am I exclusive of your list of responding to this query of yours?''02b02br
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01font00I think that means:02font02br
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01i01font00''however, am I out of your list to answer this qu
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1font01i00Thanks, Jackson, for the amicable invitation.02i02font02br
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01font01i00I'd love and ready to interpret my own begotten motto for you, but I'm much more afraid of violating the good tradition of literature, i.e. authors don't usually interpret their own works.02i02font
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0I'll answer then Jackson. 02br
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00I wouldn't interpret these as a poem.02br
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00They are just individual philosophical puns.0-
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0>Life is not what it seems; we don't recognize ourselves as we're all lost.02br
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00 Wonder if 01i00as02i00 here means 01i00that02i00? Because that's currently dialect usage. 0-
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01cite10Marius Hancu12cite10>Life is not what it seems; we don't recognize ourselves as we're all lost.12br
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10Wonder if 11i10as12i10 here means 11i10that12i10? Because that's currently dialect usage. 12br
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10Or m
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00I think; therefore, I doubt whether I am or not.12blockquote
10And this one is a take-off on Descartes' 01i00Cogito ergo sum02i00.01blockquote
00My dear friends, are you sure you're not dreaming? Then, it must be me that is dreaming of you?12blockquote
10And this one is reminiscent of C
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01cite10Pioussoul12cite11font11i10Thanks, Jackson, for the amicable invitation.12i12font12br
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11font11i10I'd love and ready to interpret my own begotten motto for you, but I'm much more afraid of violating the good tradition of li
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0Dear YL,02br
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00I don't think there is much difference between the meanings of 01i01b00amiable 02b02i00and 01b01i00amicable02i02b00.0-
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1b01i00Amicable02i02b00 means01i00 peaceable02i00; 01i01b00amiable02b02i00 means01i00 likable02i00. Granted, the meanings are smudging together in current usage.0-
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