diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index f793cfb..c139b16 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -74,5 +74,13 @@ The `element` object has the following fields: - `related-adjectives` (`list`: `string`): a list of adjectives that can be used to convey the idea of the element The `combined-element` object has the following fields: - - `components` (`list`: `string`): a list of primary elements that compose a combined element; each string correspond to the name of the primary element + - `components` (`list`: `string`): a list of primary elements that compose a combined element; each string correspond to the name of a primary element - `result` (`element`): the resulting element of the combination + +## mottos.json +Contains various mottos and a way to generate variations. + +The root is an `object` containing the following fields: + - `prefix` (`list`: `string`): a list of prefix for making variations of prefixable mottos. + - `prefixable` (`list`: `string`): a list of prefixable mottos. + - `unprefixable` (`list`: `string`): a list of unprefixable mottos. diff --git a/mottos.json b/mottos.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..0e288c3 --- /dev/null +++ b/mottos.json @@ -0,0 +1,422 @@ +{ + "prefix": [ + "", + "Always ", + "Don't ", + "Never ", + "Try to " + ], + "prefixable": [ + "accept unacceptable behaviour.", + "add oil to the fire.", + "adventure with someone you wouldn't invite home to dinner.", + "aim at the impossible.", + "aim high.", + "answer the easy questions first.", + "apologize for extreme measures when defending your values.", + "apologize immediatetly when you lose your temper.", + "approach love with reckless abandon.", + "ask for some help.", + "avoid evil.", + "bark if you can't bite.", + "be a dick.", + "be a person who says \"Ready, Aim, aim, aim…\".", + "be a person who says \"Ready, Aim, Fire\".", + "be a person who says \"Ready, Fire, Aim\".", + "be ashamed of honest tears.", + "be ashamed of laughter that's too loud.", + "be ashamed of singing that's too joyful.", + "be ashamed of your faith.", + "be ashamed of your patriotism.", + "become famous for finishing important, difficult tasks.", + "become judge and jury.", + "become judge and jury without hearing the evidence.", + "be different.", + "be especially courteous and patient with older people.", + "be gentle with the world.", + "be honest with yourself or close ones about what you want.", + "be lead by peer pressure.", + "believe in love at first sight.", + "believe in promised cakes.", + "believe what you see.", + "be like a curious foxbat.", + "be like a foxbat in the night.", + "be open and accessible.", + "be quick to take advantage of an advantage.", + "be ruthlessly realistic.", + "be so concerned with your rights that you forget your manners.", + "be the first to forgive.", + "be the weakest link.", + "betray a confidence.", + "be wary of the life empty of ambitions.", + "be willing to lower your price to get something else of greater value.", + "be your caring and studious self.", + "be your clear-thinking and trustworthy self.", + "be your own master.", + "be yourself.", + "bite off more than you can chew.", + "blame your tools for your bad work.", + "bloom where you are planted.", + "blow your own horn.", + "borrow so much as a copper piece from your friends.", + "break a family tradition.", + "bring up the past.", + "buy cheap.", + "buy into someone else's trouble.", + "change a routine.", + "change a running system.", + "change for the sake of changing.", + "chase rainbows.", + "check the details.", + "choose to do something you have never tried.", + "claim premature victory.", + "confuse foolishness with bravery.", + "confuse wealth with success.", + "count your chickens before they are hatched.", + "crack a few eggs to make an omelette.", + "cross a bridge before you come to it.", + "cut off your nose to spite your face.", + "cut your coat according to your cloth.", + "deal with the current situation.", + "decide to do nothing just because you can only do a little.", + "discipline with a gentle hand.", + "divide and conquer.", + "do a good job because you have to.", + "do a good job because you want to.", + "do it yourself.", + "do something you don't want to.", + "do the right thing.", + "double check travel arrangements.", + "do what you can.", + "do what you say.", + "do your homework and know your facts.", + "employ people more for their judgement than their talents.", + "encourage someone who is trying to improve mentally, physically, or spiritually.", + "enjoy the present day.", + "expect a sudden change in plans.", + "expect nothing.", + "expect your love alone to change someone.", + "explain the truth.", + "face the consequences of your actions.", + "fight fire with fire.", + "fight for a just cause.", + "fix what is not broken.", + "forget what you see.", + "forgive and forget.", + "fret about the future of adventure.", + "fret about the future of prayer.", + "fret about the future of quests.", + "get the balance right between give and take.", + "give a sucker an even break.", + "give neither salt nor counsel till you are asked for it.", + "go looking for trouble.", + "go public about your true adventure.", + "go public about your true quests.", + "go rushing off unprepared.", + "have a place for everything.", + "have others believe your ideas come from them.", + "have your say.", + "help those in needs.", + "help yourself.", + "hold yourself to the highest standards.", + "hope for the best.", + "ignore people who come up with reasons why you can't do something.", + "ignore to your critics.", + "interrupt when you are being flattered.", + "join a group who can help you.", + "judge a book by its cover.", + "judge people by their relatives.", + "judge what you don't understand.", + "keep a diary of your accomplishments.", + "keep in touch with a childhood friend.", + "keep your own counsel.", + "keep your private thoughts private.", + "kill two birds with one stone.", + "knock the competition.", + "know yourself.", + "laugh at anyone's dreams.", + "laugh at one another's pain.", + "learn all you can about a new subject.", + "learn from your mistakes.", + "learn the basics of any subject first.", + "learn to save money, even on a small income.", + "learn to say no.", + "let a little dispute injure a great friendship.", + "let anyone push you around.", + "let go of your values.", + "let some things remain mysterious.", + "let well alone.", + "live and learn.", + "live and let live.", + "look a gift cagroo in the mouth.", + "look before you leap.", + "look for ways to make your boss look good.", + "love someone who doesn't deserve it.", + "make allowances for friends imperfections.", + "make allowances for your imperfections.", + "make a promise.", + "make decisions in concert with your values.", + "make sure you are on the committee.", + "make sure your tax records are impeccable.", + "make sure your work enriches your spirit at well as your purse.", + "make the punishment fit the crime.", + "make the same mistake twice.", + "mind your own business.", + "open old wounds.", + "overlook the small joys while looking for the big ones.", + "paddle your own canoe.", + "pay your debts on time.", + "perform your job better than anyone else can.", + "practice what you preach.", + "prepare for the worst.", + "put all your eggs in one basket.", + "put off till tomorrow what you can do today.", + "put something in the collection plate.", + "put the cart before the cagroo.", + "remember the ones who love you.", + "remember your responsibilities when declaring your rights.", + "remind someone of a kindness or act of generosity you have shown them.", + "rise after falling.", + "savour each magic moment life hands you.", + "say never.", + "say no before you've heard the whole story.", + "say no when you mean it.", + "see how quests looks through other people's eyes.", + "see how spell looks through other people's eyes.", + "shoot the messenger.", + "sign a contract.", + "slow down.", + "speak ill of the dead.", + "spend all you have.", + "spend your time and energy creating.", + "spend your time and energy criticising.", + "start debates during dinners when you are not hungry.", + "start every day with the most important thing you have to do.", + "start from where you are.", + "stay calm and see things through no matter how big a challenge gets.", + "stick your hands in your pockets when you get really angry.", + "stop digging if you are in a hole.", + "strike while the iron is hot.", + "swap your integrity for money, power, or fame.", + "take an opportunity for additional training.", + "take good friends for granted.", + "take immediate steps to correct a mistake.", + "take responsibility for your actions.", + "take the shortest path.", + "take things as you find them.", + "take what you can't use.", + "take your complaint to the top.", + "teach your grandmother to suck eggs.", + "tell tales out of school.", + "think that waiting will make your obstacles grow smaller.", + "think twice before speaking.", + "think twice before you decide not to charge for some work you have done.", + "think you can fill an emptiness in your heart with gold.", + "think you can relax your way to happiness.", + "throw mud on walls.", + "throw out your dirty water before you get in fresh.", + "throw the baby out with the bathwater.", + "travel with new eyes.", + "trust someone who doesn't close their eyes when you kiss.", + "trust your brothers.", + "turn enemies into friends by doing something nice for them.", + "underestimate the time it takes to do something.", + "use the same screwdriver for different screws.", + "utter a threat without intend to back it up.", + "wait till you get everything in place.", + "wash dirty linen in public.", + "waste time waiting for inspiration.", + "watch your attitude.", + "wear the shoe if it fits.", + "win without boasting.", + "work for someone of questionable character.", + "work out why certain people are even being given some space in your life." + ], + "unprefixable": [ + "A bird in your hand is better than a thousand flying.", + "Absents are always wrong.", + "A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle.", + "Actions speak louder than words.", + "A laughing cottage is better than a crying palace.", + "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.", + "All cakes are lies.", + "Almost does not count.", + "Always deal with the current situation, don't bring up the past.", + "Always say no when you mean it, in a way that's not ambiguous.", + "Always spend your time and energy creating, not criticising.", + "A name means a lot just by itself.", + "An unwatched pot boils over.", + "Anything highly thrown falls back to the ground.", + "A pen is mightier than a sword.", + "A penny saved is a penny gained.", + "Appetite grows by eating.", + "A smile is a key to open hearts.", + "A tale never loses in the telling.", + "Attack is the best defence.", + "Avoid evil and it will avoid you.", + "Better alone than in bad company.", + "Better an egg today than a hen tomorrow.", + "Better is the enemy of good.", + "Better late than never.", + "Brevity is the soul of wit.", + "Business before pleasure.", + "Buy cheap, buy twice.", + "Civility costs nothing.", + "Clothes don't make the man.", + "Comfort comes after effort.", + "Common sense is not so common.", + "Concise.", + "Counsel is no command.", + "Curiosity is the cure for boredom.", + "Discretion is the better part of valour.", + "Do a good job because you want to, not because you have to.", + "Do as I say, not as I do.", + "Don't bark if you can't bite.", + "Drama often obscures the real issues.", + "Early bird catches the worm.", + "Eat for being alive but don't live for eating.", + "Eating too much is criminal.", + "Enough is as good as a feast.", + "Every weed wolf has his day.", + "Every little helps.", + "Everyone you meet loves something.", + "Every problem has a solution.", + "Every rule has an exception.", + "Every silver lining has a cloud.", + "Every work deserves a reward.", + "Expect nothing, and you will never be disappointed.", + "Experience is the best teacher.", + "Eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.", + "Fact is stranger than fiction.", + "Faith moves mountains.", + "First come, first served.", + "Fool me once, shame on me.", + "Fortune favours the brave.", + "Friends are better than gold.", + "Future belongs to the ones who wake up early.", + "Give, and you shall receive.", + "Good clothes open all doors.", + "Good health comes from happiness.", + "Good things come to those who wait.", + "Happiness is in the travel, not in the destination.", + "Hard work deserves a fair reward.", + "Have a place for everything, and everything in its place.", + "Holding back protects your vital energies.", + "Home is where the heart is.", + "Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst.", + "Hope is life.", + "If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing well.", + "If something can go wrong, it will.", + "If you can't beat them, join them.", + "If you can't be good, be careful.", + "If you chase two berry bunnies, you will catch neither.", + "If you don't advance, you go backward.", + "If you fail to plan, then you plan to fail.", + "If you snooze you lose.", + "If you want peace, prepare for war.", + "Ignorance is bliss.", + "Ignorance is expensive.", + "Ignorance is the only sin.", + "In Mew York, act as a Mew Yorker.", + "In unity there is strength.", + "It can be helpful to keep going no matter what.", + "It is better to be focussed than rich.", + "It is not worth running, just leave at the right moment.", + "Jack of all trades and master of none.", + "Knowledge is power.", + "Laughter is the best medicine.", + "Less is more.", + "Live by the sword, die by the sword.", + "Lying to others is lying to oneself.", + "Many \"if\" could put Mew York inside a bottle.", + "Measure twice, cut once.", + "Money can't buy happiness.", + "Money has no smell.", + "Money is a good slave and a bad master.", + "Money isn't everything.", + "My enemy's enemy is my friend.", + "Nature made flowercats similar but life makes them different.", + "Never too old to learn.", + "Never trust friends too much.", + "No pain, no gain.", + "No risk, no reward.", + "Nothing resists to assaults of laughter.", + "Nothing ventured, nothing gained.", + "No time is ever wasted that makes two people better friends.", + "Old habits die hard.", + "One can run but one can't hide.", + "One good turn deserves another.", + "Only fools and cagroos work.", + "Only the good die young.", + "Opportunity knocks at every man's door.", + "Patience is a virtue.", + "Penny wise, pound foolish.", + "Politeness costs nothing and gains everything.", + "Possession is nine points of the law.", + "Poverty is the reward of idleness.", + "Power corrupts.", + "Practice makes perfect.", + "React with class, regardless of the situation.", + "Revenge is best served cold.", + "Rules are made to be broken.", + "Second thoughts are the best.", + "Seek and you shall find.", + "Silence is golden.", + "Slow and steady wins the race.", + "Sow the wind to harvest the storm.", + "Speak first, think after.", + "Talk softly and carry a big stick.", + "Teasing people can have ugly consequences.", + "The difficult can be done at once; the impossible takes a little longer.", + "The earth does not thirst for warriors' blood but for workers' sweat.", + "The louder you speak, the stronger you are.", + "The map is not the territory.", + "The more things change, the more they stay the same.", + "The more you work, the more you earn.", + "The most profound things are inexpressible.", + "The one who can do the most can do the least.", + "The only thing I know is that I know nothing.", + "The real beauty is inside.", + "There are plenty of fish in the sea.", + "There is always a bigger fish.", + "There is a time for everything.", + "There is danger in delay.", + "There is more than one way to skin a foxbat.", + "There is no cure for curiosity.", + "There is no little enemy.", + "There is no point in becoming the richest man of the graveyard.", + "There is no time like the present.", + "They that dance must pay the fiddler.", + "Those who are not with me are against me.", + "Those who sow the wind reap the whirlwind.", + "Time is money.", + "Times change.", + "Tomorrow is another day.", + "Too proud to ask for help.", + "True freedom is frightful.", + "Truth hurts more than lies.", + "Trying and trying again is the key to success.", + "Try to travel and see new places, but remember to take along an open mind.", + "Two of a trade never agree.", + "Two wrongs don't make a right.", + "Use honey and not vinegar.", + "Use it or lose it.", + "We carry our greatest enemies within us.", + "What does not kill you does not kill you.", + "What does not kill you makes you stronger.", + "What everybody says must be false.", + "What everybody says must be true.", + "What you don't know can't hurt you.", + "What you see is what you get.", + "What you see is what you mean.", + "What you see is what you won't get.", + "When all problems look like nails, a hammer is the only thing you need.", + "When in doubt, do nothing.", + "Where there's a will there's a way.", + "Who pays the piper calls the tune.", + "Win if you can, loose if you must, but always cheat.", + "You always have freedom of choice.", + "You are what you eat.", + "You never know what you can do until you try." + ] +}