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Reply #30 posted 03/25/14 12:04pm

Ace

funkyandy said:

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Translation aside...just been wondering what your opinion is of the notion that 'nice guys finish last'...Ace.


I think it's a completely misguided one because most people have misguided notions of what brings about long-term happiness.

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Reply #31 posted 03/25/14 2:21pm

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You made me curious, so I tried Google Translate. No luck. Apparantly there's no term in Latin for "nice guys," because it came back as...nice guys! I used to know a Prince fan who had studied the language but unfortunately, we haven't stayed in touch.
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Reply #32 posted 03/25/14 2:31pm

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Let me guess... for a tattoo? lol

Hey loudmouth, shut the fuck up, right?
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Reply #33 posted 03/25/14 2:34pm

Phishanga

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Hey, how about this? Sounds odd to me, but WTH do I know? lol

"Clementes postremi finiunt"

From here: http://able2know.org/topic/45156-49

Hey loudmouth, shut the fuck up, right?
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Reply #34 posted 03/25/14 2:40pm

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Or this:
Fortuna favet fatuis
Fortune favors the fools.
Not exactly a translation, but it's the same idea.
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Reply #35 posted 03/25/14 2:55pm

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Ace said:

funkyandy said:

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Translation aside...just been wondering what your opinion is of the notion that 'nice guys finish last'...Ace.


I think it's a completely misguided one because most people have misguided notions of what brings about long-term happiness.

Uh-huh.

I'm wondering if the guys that say that have 'long-term happiness', at the forefront of their minds, but...who knows?

Well, let's hope someone provides a translation that is suitable for you.

cool

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Reply #36 posted 03/25/14 2:57pm

XxAxX

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funkyandy said:

Ace said:


I think it's a completely misguided one because most people have misguided notions of what brings about long-term happiness.

Uh-huh.

I'm wondering if the guys that say that have 'long-term happiness', at the forefront of their minds, but...who knows?

Well, let's hope someone provides a translation that is suitable for you.

cool

i think that if the meaning of "nice guys finish last" is taken to mean sexually finishes last, then indeed the nice guy is a good guy and will find happiness in life (or at least a lot of sex).

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Reply #37 posted 03/25/14 3:07pm

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Generally, NO ONE takes the phrase to mean that XxAxX...let's not be silly.

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Reply #38 posted 03/25/14 4:08pm

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Phishanga said:

Hey, how about this? Sounds odd to me, but WTH do I know? lol

"Clementes postremi finiunt"

From here: http://able2know.org/topic/45156-49


This isn't bad, but the translation of this would be more like, "The merciful reach their limit -- or terminate -- last." Probably more of favourable statement than something cynical, as is the English phrase.

[Edited 3/25/14 16:10pm]

Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ
πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν
τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.”
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Reply #39 posted 03/25/14 4:26pm

Ace

Thanks for trying to help, guys!

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Reply #40 posted 03/25/14 4:33pm

aardvark15

Pulchrum indignantes perficient novissima? Don't know anything really about Latin shrug

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