[Ads-l] Request help researching adage: Everything is OK in the end. If it's not OK, it's not the end

Fri Dec 16 00:47:26 UTC 2022

I'm not sure that's quite the same.  That one reminds me of my mother
(1914-1975)'s adage, "When you lose something, you always find it in the
last place you look."

LH

On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 5:02 PM Peter Reitan <pjreitan at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Reminds me of the skiers’ adage, that you always get injured on the last
> run of the day.
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> If it's not OK, it's not the end
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>               If it's not OK, it's not the end
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> Fred Shapiro wrote:
> > Quite a crazy quotation.  Usually proverbs express fundamental
> > truths of human existence.  I don't mean to be cynical, but this
> > proverb is ridiculously false, as we all know.
>
> The saying appears to be popular based on the number of inquiries I
> have received. Here are three interpretations:
>
> (1) Eschatological stance
> (2) Karmic stance
> (3) Heuristic for consuming upbeat works of fiction with multiple twists
>
> Garson
>
> > To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> > Subject: Re: Request help researching adage: Everything is OK in the
> end.=
>  If it's not OK, it's not the end
> >
> > Hi Garson,
> > It's in the Yale Library system (Long-term Shelving Facility) in the
> > 1988 version (as well as a more recent one). I can order the volume if
> > nobody else has quicker access to it and it will show up at Sterling (the
> > main library building) in a few days, at which point I can check p. 79.
> > Let me know!
> >
> > LH
> >
> > On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 1:25 AM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.
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> > wrote:
> >
> > > The saying in the subject line has been attributed to John Lennon,
> > > Oscar Wilde, Paul Coelho, Fernando Sabino, and others. I have received
> > > nine inquiries for this quotation.
> > >
> > > The earliest match I have found appears in a book by Fernando Sabino
> > > in Brazilian Portuguese (I think). Here are the details. Does your
> > > research library have this book?
> > >
> > > Year: 1988 Copyright
> > > Book Title: O tabuleiro de damas (The checkerboard)
> > > Author: Fernando Sabino
> > > Quote Page 79 (unverified)
> > > Publisher: Editora Record, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
> > > Note: Google Books snippet match, the following excerpt is from Google
> > > Books; text is not  visible in snippet
> > >
> > > [Begin excerpt]
> > > O melhor , talvez , que me lembre, foi o que me disse um dia em que me
> > > encontrou entregue =C3=A0 afli=C3=A7=C3=A3o de esp=C3=ADrito: Meu
> filho=
>  , tudo no fim d=C3=A1
> > > certo . Se n=C3=A3o deu , =C3=A9 porque ainda n=C3=A3o chegou ao fim.
> > > [End excerpt]
> > >
> > > [Begin Google Translate]
> > > Perhaps the best thing that I can remember is what he said to me one
> > > day when he found me in the grip of a mental affliction: My son,
> > > everything works out in the end. If it didn't, it's because it hasn't
> > > come to an end yet.
> > > [End Google Translate]
> > >
> > > If you can help access this book please let me know on or off list.
> > > Can you figure out from the context who is using the quotation? Is
> > > Fernando Sabino attributing the quotation to his father? The goal is
> > > to get scans of the page with the quotation, the title page, the
> > > copyright page, the publisher page, and the date.
> > >
> > > Below is the earliest match I have found in English:
> > >
> > > Usenet discussion message,
> > > Date: December 22, 2000
> > > Newsgroup: alt.support.divorce
> > > From: m miller
> > > Subject: Re: Happy Christmas? Doubtful
> > > Accessed: December 15, 2022
> > >
> > >
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> > >
> > > [Begin excerpt]
> > > Remember this:  Everything is OK in the end.  If it's not OK, it's not
> =
> the
> > > end.
> > > [End excerpt]
> > >
> > > Below is another match in English.
> > >
> > > Date: July 15, 2001
> > > Newspaper: News of the World
> > > Newspaper Location: London, England
> > > Section: Features
> > > Article: Festival of hate shames our land
> > > Author: Bishop Pat Buckley
> > > Quote Page Eire 11,
> > > Database: NewsBank Access World News
> > >
> > > [Begin excerpt]
> > > THESE philosophical musings were sent to me by Sean Morrin, of Derry
> > > City. Read them slowly-and think about them ...
> > > True friendship never ends. Friends are for ever.
> > > Don't frown. You never know who is falling in love with your smile.
> > > Everything is OK in the end. If it's not OK, it's not the end.
> > > [End excerpt]
> > >
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