What's a quote that has stuck with you for your whole life?

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I always loved browsing such posts on reddit, so thought I should make one on lemmy too

Edit: Usually these kind of posts only used to have excerpts from books or ancient proverbs, but now I am seeing a lot more quotes from shows/movies/games are also resonating with people. It's pretty cool to see.

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Damn... that's better that the muddy pig wrestling one and the pigeon chess one both.

What's the pigeon one

"Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how good you are, the bird is going to shit on the board and strut around like it won anyway." Shannon L. Alder

Copy/pasted from Goodreads, I'm not actually verifying.

Whats the muddy pig wrestling one

Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it. George Bernard Shaw

Also copy/pasted from Goodreads, so not guaranteeing the accuracy that Shaw originally said it. Also usually worded in a more fun way.

Can't quite remember but it's something like...

Never wrestle a pig, even if you win you're still covered in mud.