New Go Proverbs thread

[wessanenoctupus]

my old sig used to say baduk is cruel to its lovers, but i think as a proverb would be.....


Baduk is cruel to her lovers' lovers

[Saurus]

Proverb on sacrifice:

"It is always better to sacrifice your opponent's stones."

[Mosdefgo]

Proverb on sacrifice:

"It is always better to sacrifice your opponent's stones."

I like this one.

As for the other thing, of course I was joking.

[judicata]

You're not really dead until you can taste the dirt in your mouth.

Sometimes it is better just to leave the aji, no?

[Dusk Eagle]

You're not really dead until you can taste the dirt in your mouth.

Sometimes it is better just to leave the aji, no?

Oui Oui.

[Chew Terr]

You're not really dead until you can taste the dirt in your mouth.

Sometimes it is better just to leave the aji, no?

Oui Oui.

Let's just translate Mosdef's quote as meaning something more like 'Don't forget the aji of your "doomed" stones'. His words just sound prettier.

[shapenaji]

For Harlequin:

For who it may conceirn, If You're group losses it's liberteis, its daedd.

Translation: Putting the right stones in the wrong places will piss your opponent off

EDIT: And isn't it ironic that stones sometimes die, right as they're about to live?

[SpongeBob]

I like this one a lot from most-respected-forum-key-player Araban:

'I think I've played enough games to realize that underestimation is the key ingredient to disaster.'

I have to constantly remind myself of this when playing someone with a lower rank.

(Any spelling or grammar mistakes in my post?)

[Violence]

Don't forget to spend time making your groups stronger.

Dragons are only killed by the strong.

[Harleqin]

I like this one a lot from most-respected-forum-key-player Araban:

'I think I've played enough games to realize that underestimation is the key ingredient to disaster.'

I have to constantly remind myself of this when playing someone with a lower rank.

(Any spelling or grammar mistakes in my post?)

No, except perhaps for the colloquial omission of a predicate in the question.

(The above is a sentence fragment, which is acceptable as an answer to a direct question.)

[Mosdefgo]

Dragons are only killed by the strong.

I think this one sounds pretty cool.
We should all write a book! This is gold!