Tobias Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 My Avatar is a picture of a character that i've really gotten into lately; Doctor Who. The picture is of the Sixth Incarnation of the Doctor, acted by Colin Baker. My signature is a quote from Horace, who's words i greatly admire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FLavius Valerius Constantinus Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 (edited) Oh... I thought your avatar was Willy Wonka from the old movie(seriously). Edited December 12, 2005 by FLavius Valerius Constantinus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 (edited) LOL. Myself, i can't see any resemblance whatsoever, but there you go. Perhaps you haven't seen much of the older Doctor Who episodes Flavius Edited December 12, 2005 by Tobias Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sextus Roscius Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 ::smiles:: it's pretty. Me likes. I'm starting to see the Jar-Jar resemblence already I just changed my signature now, its a quote from play that I've found relevant to modern life alot and sounds really good. I think they altered the words in the translation to make them rhyme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 Have you actually found the play it comes from yet Sextus? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonlapse Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 No, I can't say that I did. wow that is scarey then! Did they sneak out and repair your alarm clock at night?Or trade your dishwasher for a droid? No, I was always trying to find somewhere to hide when they all filed in to go to sleep, but one would alway see me with those creepy eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Favonius Cornelius Posted December 12, 2005 Report Share Posted December 12, 2005 A quadrigatus, pre-denarius Roman coin minted until around the time of the 2d Punic War. It consists of Jupiter with scepter and thunderbolt in a chariot driven by a smaller, slightly hard to see due to the small size, winged Victory with Roma inscribed below. I like it a lot too, really captures true Roman spirit I think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virgil61 Posted December 13, 2005 Report Share Posted December 13, 2005 I like it a lot too, really captures true Roman spirit I think. Thanks, here's a larger picture of a coin of the same denomination. You can see Winged Victory next to Jupiter much clearer as well as the other side of the coin with head of the Janus Gemini, whose shrine doors were open in wartime and closed during peace time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sextus Roscius Posted December 14, 2005 Report Share Posted December 14, 2005 Have you actually found the play it comes from yet Sextus? Yes I have. Its from a play by T. Maccius Plautus, called Poenulus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tobias Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 I just recently decided to change my signature. I decided to put a bit of Australian verse into the site, and what is more Australian then Banjo Patterson? The quote i have for my signature is from Patterson's "It's Grand", a poem. It's an interesting (and in my opinion rather accurate) outlook on life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 My favorite quotes from Member sigs: Viggen: "Money does not smell." Amen. I think Vespasian is my favorite Roman after Caesar and Augustus. In fact, I'm beginning to like Vespasian more since I identify with his sense of humor and his pragmatism. Money does not smell, indeed. Primus Pilus: "If Caesar were alive you'd be chained to an oar." Oh, how I wish Caesar were alive and some of the rabble of the modern world would eat their just deserts. Cato: "He harms the good who spares the wicked." Bravo! Forgiveness and mercy are overrated. You don't leave an enemy alive to fight another day. And I'm still trying to decipher Tobias' new sig. I guess you have to be an Aussie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M. Porcius Cato Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 (edited) My favorite quotes from Member sigs:Viggen: "Money does not smell." Amen. I think Vespasian is my favorite Roman after Caesar and Augustus. In fact, I'm beginning to like Vespasian more since I identify with his sense of humor and his pragmatism. Money does not smell, indeed. Primus Pilus: "If Caesar were alive you'd be chained to an oar." Oh, how I wish Caesar were alive and some of the rabble of the modern world would eat their just deserts. Cato: "He harms the good who spares the wicked." Bravo! Forgiveness and mercy are overrated. You don't leave an enemy alive to fight another day. Ursus, do I detect a strain of Nietzschean sympathy in your posts, or is it my imagination? BTW, glad you like my sig It's sort my Latinist response to the pacifist ideal of turning the other cheek and the relativist ideal of "judging not lest ye be judged". Edited December 18, 2005 by M. Porcius Cato Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princeps Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 Guess the quote, who said this- That it is within my power to rule over you for life is evident. However, I am mild by nature and have no wish to dominate. Let me live my life in peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ursus Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 Ursus, do I detect a strain of Nietzschean sympathy in your posts, or is it my imagination? Nietzsche said some things I can appreciate. But I consider myself a classical pagan more than anything. It's sort my Latinist response to the pacifist ideal of turning the other cheek and the relativist ideal of "judging not lest ye be judged And that's why I like it, man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pertinax Posted December 18, 2005 Report Share Posted December 18, 2005 LOL. Myself, i can't see any resemblance whatsoever, but there you go. Perhaps you haven't seen much of the older Doctor Who episodes Flavius Older! Good grief I thought Patrick Troughton was a radical newbie! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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