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Yassine_132473 Full Member artist Posts: 119	Short sentences of personalities - Inside text Jan 7^th, 2008, 5:35pm Hi, Is it possible to write a short sentence from a great personality of French literature in the "inside text" of the cards ? I'd like to put one of Antoine de Saint-Exupery. Buyers will have the choice of leaving or delete it ... Thanks Ya
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Linda_132742 Gold Member artist Posts: 1796	Re: Short sentences of personalities - Inside text Reply #1 - Jan 7^th, 2008, 7:07pm I believe it is very acceptable to quote someone as long as you give the author credit. I wouldn't hesitate.
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Tammy_131374 Gold Member artist Posts: 630	Re: Short sentences of personalities - Inside text Reply #2 - Jan 8^th, 2008, 5:24am As long as you cite the author, shouldn't be a problem.
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Wendy_132744 Junior Member artist Posts: 79	Re: Short sentences of personalities - Inside text Reply #3 - Jan 8^th, 2008, 7:00am Yes go ahead it sounds great. Only if it is French; plaease could you include a translation in your description. This is because not everyone is fluent in French and I, for one, will not buy anything unless I know what it says (I have several chinese T-shirts but I know the translations too)
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Yassine_132473 Full Member artist Posts: 119	Re: Short sentences of personalities - Inside text Reply #4 - Jan 8^th, 2008, 7:09am Hi everybody, Thank you for your reply. The sentence of Antoine I'd like to put in the card is a translation in english. But now Wendy, you gave me an excellent idea too. Yes I'll cite certainly the author Tammy. Thanks Ya
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Re: Short sentences of personalities - Inside text
Reply #5 - Jan 9^th, 2008, 6:36am

Quote from Yassine_132473 on Jan 7^th, 2008, 5:35pm:

Hi,

Is it possible to write a short sentence from a great personality of French literature in the "inside text" of the cards ? I'd like to put one of Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

Buyers will have the choice of leaving or delete it ...

Thanks

Ya

What if it's more of a saying---but not by someone specific? would you have to put 'author unkown'??

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Yassine_132473 Full Member artist Posts: 119	Re: Short sentences of personalities - Inside text Reply #6 - Jan 9^th, 2008, 7:12am Hi Kerra, I really don't know about sayings without particulary authors. It's a good question. Ya
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Tammy_131374

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Re: Short sentences of personalities - Inside text
Reply #7 - Jan 9^th, 2008, 7:20am

If it is not a direct quote, and just an old saying that people have used for years, then no, you would not necessarily have to put author unknown.If writing an essay- a person would normally find a simple way to incorporate it into the writing, such as:
As the old saying goes, " Better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all..."
I'm just using that off the top of my head, but that is one way to take care of the problem. Actually, that one I could probably find out who came up with it. lol

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