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Sesquipedalian Sayings
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Posted on 12/23/2010 2:47:08 PM PST by EveningStar

The stylus is more potent than the claymore.

Pulchritude possesses exclusively cutaneous profundity.

It is futile to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers.

The greatest of need is the maternal parent of the art of original contrivance.

A revolving lithic conglomerate accrues no lichen.

Everything is legitimate in matters pertaining to ardent affections and international armed conflicts.

The temperature of the aqueous content of a metallic receptacle under unremitting surveillance does not attain its level of evaporation.

Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate.

Freedom from incrustations of grime is contiguous to rectitude.

It is fruitless to endure lacrimation over precipitately departed lacteal fluid.

Similar sire, similar scion.

Pulchritude reposes within the optic parameters of the perceiver.

Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.

Where there are visible emissions from carbonaceous materials, there exists conflagration.

Male cadavers are incapable of yielding any testimony.

Integrity is the superlative strategy.

A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiate the potable concoction.

Eleemosynary deeds have their incipience domestically.

All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not, ipso facto, auriferous.

An addlepated individual and his specie divaricate with prematurity.

The ultimate entity of dried gramineous organism induces a rupture of the dorsal portion of the ship of the desert.

Hubris antedates a gravity-impelled descent.

Three quarters of a dozen individual movements by slender sewing instrument may be obviated by the utilization of a single, opportunistic thrust of said instrument.

Exclusive dedication to necessitous employment without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders John a hebetudinous young person.

Soft airs possess the potency to mitigate the anguish residual in the barbaric thorax.

Minuscule erudition jeopardizes security.

Consolidated we maintain ourselves erect; bifurcated we plummet.

A feathered biped in the terminal part of the arm equals the value of a brace of such creatures in densely branched shrubbery.

Persons deficient in judgment hasten to undertake that for which winged celestials hesitate to assume responsibility.

Individuals who make their abode in vitreous edifices of patent frangibility are advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles.


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To: EveningStar

I love these. Thank you.


21 posted on 12/23/2010 3:50:15 PM PST by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: EveningStar

I get all but “Soft airs possess the potency to mitigate the anguish residual in the barbaric thorax.”


22 posted on 12/23/2010 3:53:11 PM PST by OHelix
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To: EveningStar

That was good for a laugh. There were some I had to puzzle over for a while.


23 posted on 12/23/2010 3:56:14 PM PST by ex 98C MI Dude (Alea Iacta Est)
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To: OHelix
"“Soft airs possess the potency to mitigate the anguish residual in the barbaric thorax.”

"Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast."

24 posted on 12/23/2010 3:57:20 PM PST by redhead ("I think I'm the best fish filleter in the whole third grade." --Piper Palin)
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To: OHelix

Music hath power to soothe the savage breast.


25 posted on 12/23/2010 3:59:17 PM PST by AndrewB (FUBO)
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To: EveningStar
This is reminiscent of Sheldon and Amy playing “Counterfactuals.”
26 posted on 12/23/2010 4:04:20 PM PST by RegulatorCountry
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To: AndrewB; redhead

Thank you.


27 posted on 12/23/2010 4:04:52 PM PST by OHelix
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To: DejaJude
“Beauty is only skin deep”.

"But ugly goes clear to the bone."

28 posted on 12/23/2010 4:13:41 PM PST by Doomonyou (Let them eat Lead.)
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To: EveningStar

3. You can’t teach an old dog new tricks.


29 posted on 12/23/2010 4:28:52 PM PST by annieokie
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To: EveningStar

5. a rolling stone gathers no moss


30 posted on 12/23/2010 4:31:01 PM PST by annieokie
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To: EveningStar

That was fun, EveningStar.


31 posted on 12/23/2010 4:48:51 PM PST by kitkat ( Obama: Hype and Chains.)
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To: EveningStar

Masticate transpositionally.


32 posted on 12/23/2010 4:54:12 PM PST by bvw
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To: EveningStar

A Sinophiliac incendiary inculcation.


33 posted on 12/23/2010 4:58:02 PM PST by bvw
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To: Slip18

pong


34 posted on 12/23/2010 4:58:43 PM PST by Cyber Liberty (We conservatives will always lose elections as long as we allow the MSM to choose our candidates.)
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To: EveningStar

Excrement occurs.


35 posted on 12/23/2010 5:09:53 PM PST by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: EveningStar
If I was a hacker, it could be fun to hack Jim Thompson & Co.'s reply format page with one of the overwrought "do-overs". In red, of course.
36 posted on 12/23/2010 5:13:10 PM PST by BlueDragon
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To: EveningStar

Wow, I cannot figure two of them out!
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The stylus is more potent than the claymore.
tHE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD

Pulchritude possesses exclusively cutaneous profundity.
BEAUTY IS ONLY SKIN DEEP

It is futile to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers.
YOU CANNOT TEACH AN OLD DOG NEW TRICKS

The greatest of need is the maternal parent of the art of original contrivance.
IT’S WHAT MOTHER ALWAYS WANTED

A revolving lithic conglomerate accrues no lichen.
A ROLLING STONE GATHERS NO MOSS

Everything is legitimate in matters pertaining to ardent affections and international armed conflicts.
ALL IS FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR

The temperature of the aqueous content of a metallic receptacle under unremitting surveillance does not attain its level of evaporation.
A WATCHED POT NEVER BOILS

Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER

Freedom from incrustations of grime is contiguous to rectitude.
CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS

It is fruitless to endure lacrimation over precipitately departed lacteal fluid.
NO USE CRYING OVER SPILLED MILK

Similar sire, similar scion.
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON

Pulchritude reposes within the optic parameters of the perceiver.
BEAUTY IS IN THE EYE OF THE BEHOLDER

Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.

Where there are visible emissions from carbonaceous materials, there exists conflagration.
WHERE THERE IS SMOKE, THERE IS FIRE

Male cadavers are incapable of yielding any testimony.
DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES

Integrity is the superlative strategy.
HONESTY IS THE BEST POLICY

A plethora of individuals with expertise in culinary techniques vitiate the potable concoction.
TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE POT

Eleemosynary deeds have their incipience domestically.

All articles that coruscate with resplendence are not, ipso facto, auriferous.
ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD

An addlepated individual and his specie divaricate with prematurity.
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY ARE SOON PARTED

The ultimate entity of dried gramineous organism induces a rupture of the dorsal portion of the ship of the desert.
THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMEL’S BACK

Hubris antedates a gravity-impelled descent.
PRIDE GOETH BEFORE A FALL

Three quarters of a dozen individual movements by slender sewing instrument may be obviated by the utilization of a single, opportunistic thrust of said instrument.

Exclusive dedication to necessitous employment without interludes of hedonistic diversion renders John a hebetudinous young person.
ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKE JACK A DULL BOY

Soft airs possess the potency to mitigate the anguish residual in the barbaric thorax.
MUSIC HATH CHARMS THAT SOOTHE THE SAVAGE BREAST

Minuscule erudition jeopardizes security
A LITTLE KNOWLEGE IS DANGEROUS

Consolidated we maintain ourselves erect; bifurcated we plummet.
TOGETHER WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL

A feathered biped in the terminal part of the arm equals the value of a brace of such creatures in densely branched shrubbery.
A BIRD IN THE HAND EQUALS TWO IN THE BUSH

Persons deficient in judgment hasten to undertake that for which winged celestials hesitate to assume responsibility.
TO GO WHERE ANGELS FEAR TO TREAD

Individuals who make their abode in vitreous edifices of patent frangibility are advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES


37 posted on 12/23/2010 5:18:57 PM PST by RaceBannon (RON PAUL: THE PARTY OF TRUTHERS, TRAITORS AND UFO CHASERS!!!)
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To: RaceBannon

“The greatest of need is the maternal parent of the art of original contrivance.
IT’S WHAT MOTHER ALWAYS WANTED”
Or is it... NECESSITY IS THE MOTHER OF INVENTION

“Eleemosynary deeds have their incipience domestically.”
GOOD DEEDS HAVE (OR ARE) THEIR OWN REWARD.

“Three quarters of a dozen individual movements by slender sewing instrument may be obviated by the utilization of a single, opportunistic thrust of said instrument.”
A STITCH IN TIME SAVES NINE.


38 posted on 12/23/2010 5:35:58 PM PST by NerdDad (Aug 7, 1981, I married my soul mate, CDBEAR. 29 years and I'm still teenager-crazy in love with her.)
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To: RaceBannon

Missed this one the first time through...

“Sorting on the part of mendicants must be interdicted.”
BEGGARS CAN’T BE CHOOSERS.


39 posted on 12/23/2010 5:38:58 PM PST by NerdDad (Aug 7, 1981, I married my soul mate, CDBEAR. 29 years and I'm still teenager-crazy in love with her.)
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To: RaceBannon
The greatest of need is the maternal parent of the art of original contrivance.

IT’S WHAT MOTHER ALWAYS WANTED

Actually, I think this is, "Necessity is the Mother of Invention".

40 posted on 12/23/2010 5:39:19 PM PST by DejaJude
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