avva: (moose)
avva ([personal profile] avva) wrote2013-02-03 03:28 am

ночные стихи (англ.)

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ,
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it.

Омар Хайям, в переводе "Рубайат" Эдварда Фицджеральда.
romikchef: (штора)

[personal profile] romikchef 2013-02-03 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
This Homer K. M., from what leaked out of his libretto through Idaho, seemed to me to be a kind of a dog who looked at life like it was a tin can tied to his tail. After running himself half to death, he sits down, hangs his tongue out, and looks at the can and says:

"Oh, well, since we can't shake the growler, let's get it filled at the corner, and all have a drink on me."

Besides that, it seems he was a Persian; and I never hear of Persia producing anything worth mentioning unless it was Turkish rugs and Maltese cats.

:)

[identity profile] wildernesscat.livejournal.com 2013-02-03 09:44 am (UTC)(link)
Same is true about posting stuff online.

[identity profile] cartesius.livejournal.com 2013-02-04 02:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Спасибо, вероятно отсюда название романа Агаты Кристи "Moving Finger" - про злобные анонимные письма...

[identity profile] qvintus.livejournal.com 2013-03-09 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Наглядная иллюстрация принципа WORM.