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Maryanne Elizabeth Walker (maryanne_walker) wrote in compass_network,
@ 2013-06-23 02:13:00

Entry tags:

!open, jake sully, maryanne walker (oe), ~isabel lane, ~tony stark

Three key quotes that everyone should know and take to heart. Because there are far to many people who think themselves smart, or 'wise', on this island, yet close themselves off to learning anything new about anyone or anything.

"The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool."
-William Shakespeare

“To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.”
-Lao-Tzu

"The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
-Socrates

They all three say close to the same thing. And all three men knew what they said to be true about themselves.

My question is, are you going to die the fool? Or will you become wise before you die?

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	Tony \| Dorian hedonism 2013-06-25 03:08 am UTC (link)
	I just -- living with myself isn't easy, Tony and I don't know if -- disappointing you wouldn't be good for me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian tonystark 2013-06-25 03:16 am UTC (link)
	You shouldn't worry about that so much. Disappointing me. I've given my friends far more reasons not to trust me than you've given me not to trust you. And they still do it. Honestly, I probably deserve to be disappointed. But I don't think you're going to. I really don't. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian hedonism 2013-06-25 03:20 am UTC (link)
	I'm going to worry, it's impossibly important to me. You don't understand. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian tonystark 2013-06-25 03:31 am UTC (link)
	What don't I understand? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian hedonism 2013-06-25 03:33 am UTC (link)
	.... Tony, I'm worried that we're here because of me. I'm worried I brought us here. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian tonystark 2013-06-25 03:35 am UTC (link)
	I blew up a dead earth and have been jetting around the multiverse for the past several months trying to keep my universe from collapsing in on itself while possibly creating world ending paradoxes, and you think you're responsible? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian hedonism 2013-06-25 03:36 am UTC (link)
	Yes. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian tonystark 2013-06-25 03:38 am UTC (link)
	I think it would be hard to make a case for that. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian hedonism 2013-06-25 03:42 am UTC (link)
	You only say that because you don't understand. You don't know what I'm capable of. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian tonystark 2013-06-25 03:45 am UTC (link)
	You've introduced me to some of your capabilities. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian hedonism 2013-06-25 03:49 am UTC (link)
	...I'm a vicious, jealous person and I -- I tried so hard not to -- but I just -- I couldn't help it. I just thought about how better it would be if I had you without ~~Ste~~ all the distractions, if I had you to myself. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian tonystark 2013-06-25 03:59 am UTC (link)
	... you think you wished us here. Because you wanted to be alone with me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian hedonism 2013-06-25 04:01 am UTC (link)
	That's why I accused you of doing it, I desperately wanted there to be some... other reason. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian tonystark 2013-06-25 04:03 am UTC (link)
	That's impossible. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian hedonism 2013-06-25 04:04 am UTC (link)
	So is wishing for immortality. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian tonystark 2013-06-25 04:05 am UTC (link)
	This couldn't have been you. It didn't happen in your universe. Mine doesn't do that. The only thing that ever just... granted whatever you wished for was the [ ... ] cosmic cube. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian hedonism 2013-06-25 04:07 am UTC (link)
	I'm sorry. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian tonystark 2013-06-25 04:11 am UTC (link)
	That's insane. There's no way you did this. Even if it was, there was no way you could have known that this would happen. The cube -- it gives you what you want, but never the way you want it. It twists things. It makes you pay for them. But it couldn't have been you. So there's no point in even speculating. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian hedonism 2013-06-25 04:13 am UTC (link)
	So for all intents and purposes, Oscar Wilde invented the... cube's plot device. I mean, we're all fictional, aren't we? That's -- that is what happened to me already once. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian tonystark 2013-06-25 04:30 am UTC (link)
	It's happened to our people before. When Steve gave Bucky his memories back. When Lukin used the cube to... do whatever he was doing with the cube, I don't know. He ended up with the Red Skull inside of his head. But both times, they had to touch the cube. ~~I--~~ This couldn't have been what you wished for. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian hedonism 2013-06-25 04:38 am UTC (link)
	Not this specifically. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian tonysnark 2013-06-25 04:44 am UTC (link)
	~~When you wish for something, how badly do you have to want it for it to-~~ This isn't your fault. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian doriangray 2013-06-25 04:47 am UTC (link)
	Don't patronise me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian tonystark 2013-06-25 04:50 am UTC (link)
	I'm not patronizing you. If anything, I'm... patronizing me. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Tony \| Dorian doriangray 2013-06-25 04:51 am UTC (link)
	What? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

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