On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Pierre Abbat
<phma@bezitopo.org> wrote:
On Thursday, December 27, 2012 09:42:56 Jonathan Jones wrote:
> So, I know I said I was going to do one of these a week, and I'm sorry I
> haven't. I haven't been able to think of any good ones until literally just
> now.
>
> That said, here's the latest APE:
>
> Come up with words of wisdom for Lojban. There's a specific word for this,
> somewhat related to clichè, idiom, psalm, koan, etc., but I can't remember
> what it is. Whoever tells me first gets bonus points. :)
You mean a proverb?
Yes. And that explains why my brain said "psalm" was related to it. I hate when my associative memory fails me, especially when it finds all the associations for the word and /still/ can't find the word itself.
lo nu bilma na sarcu lo nu ka'orze'a
You don't have to be sick to get better.
Motto of a late friend of mine who distributed Celtic seasalt and other health
foods.
ni'o lo nu casnu zo'u lo kumfa cu culno ca'o lo vanci
.iku'i lo nu gasnu zo'u ro prenu lo kumfa cu canci
Ne faut-il que délibérer, la cour en conseillers foisonne;
faut-il exécuter, il n'y a plus personne.
From the story of the rats who decide to bell the cat.
I like that one. I assume the middle text is the original French?
We have a similar one in English: "Everyone talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it.
"
Pierre
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