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“The dream was marvelous but the terror was great; we must treasure the dream whatever the terror; for the dream has shown that misery comes at last to the healthy man, the end of his life is sorrow.” -- The Epic of Gilgamesh (one of the earliest known works of literature ever written)
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You haven't read Gilgsmesh until you've read it in the original Klingon.
@freemo
>"You haven't read Gilgsmesh until you've read it in the original Klingon."
I think I need to explain this one...
There is a line in "Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country" -- the Klingon "Gorkon" says, “You have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon.”
(Which is a much funnier line, actually. It's become somewhat of an esoteric meme.)
Anyway, the phrase "undiscovered country" is from Shakespeare's Hamlet, a work that explores death; the "undiscovered country" being the place where we go when we die:
"The undiscovered country, from whose bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will..."
The Gilgamesh quote was about death, so...
(I thought that needed a little unpacking for folks.)