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СТАРЫЙ ДОБРЫЙ ЙОСИФ

1. Ах, Йосиф, Йосиф, старый добрый Йосиф, -
Какие есть на свете имена.
Состриг ли ты свою больную мо́золь,
Иль до сих пор она тебе нужна?

Ах, Йосиф, Йосиф, славный, добрый Йосиф,
Состриг ли ты любимую мозо́ль?
Зачем чтоб наступали все,
Лучше, чтоб упали все.
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“In a fight almost anything goes. It almost reaches the point where you stop to apologize if a chance blow lands above the belt.”
- Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals

A sword meant for Lieutenant Wong. Somewhat scuffed but super sharp. Not sure about Nagamitsu having been a prison warden, but he certainly knew his way to keen steel, even ( Read more... )

The other day I found myself tasked with explaining to a young Chinese woman the concept of an ancient Chinese curse, such as “May you live in interesting times.” The best I could come up with by way of coining another example, admittedly drawn from my life experience of the past decade, was “May all your dealings be with lawyers.” Recalling the ( Read more... )

This time around, Amy Chua forgot to mention that although her children speak Chinese, they are raised Jewish, begging the question of their parenting being bolstered by Yiddishkeit.

YEE YON HOPPED TO BELLEVUE.

All the Way from “San Flancisclo” Looking for His Wife.

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ὀψέ θεῶν ἀλέουσι μύλοι, ἀλέουσι δὲ λεπτά
-Sextus Empiricus, Adversus Mathematicos I, 287 ≈ Oracula Sibyllina VIII, 14 ≈ Plutarch, Moralia, “De sera numinis vindicta” 549d ≈ Parœmiographi Græci, C396Gottes Mühlen mahlen langsam, mahlen aber trefflich klein ( Read more... )

Он же гвайлох.

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