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Guess What

Never
Assume
Intelligence
To be
Forthcoming

You
Will
Automatically
Fail

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Written on 5th May 2003 at 03:59 GMT

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  • chanterai
    November 8, 2005
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    Awesome!

    Can I get a big "amen" in the house? Hehe. It always slightly annoys me how some people think they don't have to apply themselves in life to gain knowledge. So many seem to think that they can just sit on their asses and life will be handed to them. This proverb really struck a chord with me. Thanks for entering my contest and best of luck! =)

  • WelshMafia
    January 9, 2005
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    heeh hee hee I like this poem...it seems like a poetic fortune cookie! ^^ good job with this!

  • smallmonk
    January 9, 2005
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    Hmmmmm...this seems almost like a Buddhist koan to me. I will sit beneith the pinion tree and contemplate this one...perhaps enlightenment will follow

    Thanks,

    smallmonk


  • January 9, 2005
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    this is very good honey, i love short clean things like this.
    you made a very poignant and thought provoking statement.
    by using very few words and basically creating a philosophy. it is just short of being an epigram. which is actually just a witty definiton with a clever title.
    epigrams are mostly only one or two lines. but youve done the exact seme thing and it works vry very well.
    very very good dear.

    keep it up.

    writing short poems that are significant takes more skill and thought than writing long ones, trust me.

    i love blowing ppl away with short poems.

    good work.


  • Silvermoon Dragon
    January 7, 2005
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    Simple, amusing (for some reason I went to type assuming in there lol) and straight to the point. Very nice.

    ~Susan~


  • fotofroggy
    January 6, 2005
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    hmm, i think i'll have to go with what Gaffer said. effective, simple and concise. i love it.


  • Gaffer
    August 10, 2004
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    Haha, truth in simplicity! Effective and concise. Nice job.


  • Touchof1der silver member
    August 10, 2004
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    I like this! How more to the point can you get than this! EXCELLENT thinking here! Good luck in the contest.


  • wohadreambig
    April 16, 2004
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    good advice Sweet write keep it up
    Janine
    Edited on Apr 16, 7:03 p.m. because 'spelling'.


  • naena
    April 14, 2004
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    Boy, ain't that the truth! Thanks for sharing this bit of wisdom! Elaina

  • Hells Angel 323
    April 14, 2004
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    This is kewl, i like how you wrote it, anywayz great job keep on writing and best of luck to you in the contest
    ~Jessi~


  • Blue moon
    April 14, 2004
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    Hi there,
    well done thanks for sharing

  • -saved-
    April 5, 2004
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    This reminds me of a quote..... Hmmm... This is different, but good.... Thanks for submitting this, and good luck in my contest. Well, laters.
    ~Lost~


  • BleedingWords
    May 5, 2003
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    me thinks tis funny!

    I like this.. iv been reading through all the poems you've just posted... but iv not really had much to say about them... but this one made me laugh.. because its so bluntly true. I like the way you've formated this poem.. makes it more poinient, and in a way more humourous. Maybe im finding this one funny because The rest are so serious... i duno.. but it made me laugh, i like

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