peter@146: from flask.ext.babel import gettext as _
peter@141: from random import shuffle
peter@141: 
peter@141: def get_saying():
rb@218:     sayings = [(_(u'The Zen of Python, by Tim Peters'), _(u'__Tim Peters, The Zen of Python')),
rb@218:                (_(u"Beautiful is better than ugly."), _(u'__Tim Peters, The Zen of Python')),
rb@218:                (_(u"Explicit is better than implicit."), _(u'__Tim Peters, The Zen of Python')),
rb@218:                (_(u"Simple is better than complex."), _(u'__Tim Peters, The Zen of Python')),
rb@218:                (_(u"Complex is better than complicated."), _(u'__Tim Peters, The Zen of Python')),
rb@218:                (_(u"Flat is better than nested."), _(u'__Tim Peters, The Zen of Python')),
rb@218:                (_(u"Sparse is better than dense."), _(u'__Tim Peters, The Zen of Python')),
rb@218:                (_(u"Readability counts."), _(u'__Tim Peters, The Zen of Python')),
rb@218:                (_(u"Special cases aren't special enough to break the rules."), _(u'__Tim Peters, The Zen of Python')),
rb@218:                (_(u"Although practicality beats purity."), _(u'__Tim Peters, The Zen of Python')),
rb@218:                (_(u"Errors should never pass silently."), _(u'__Tim Peters, The Zen of Python')),
rb@218:                (_(u"Unless explicitly silenced."), _(u'__Tim Peters, The Zen of Python')),
rb@218:                (_(u"In the face of ambiguity, refuse the temptation to guess."), _(u'__Tim Peters, The Zen of Python')),
rb@218:                (_(u"Although that way may not be obvious at first unless you're Dutch."), _(u'__Tim Peters, The Zen of Python')),
rb@218:                (_(u"Now is better than never."), _(u'__Tim Peters, The Zen of Python')),
rb@218:                (_(u"Although never is often better than *right* now."), _(u'__Tim Peters, The Zen of Python')),
rb@218:                (_(u"If the implementation is hard to explain, it's a bad idea."), _(u'__Tim Peters, The Zen of Python')),
rb@218:                (_(u"If the implementation is easy to explain, it may be a good idea."), _(u'__Tim Peters, The Zen of Python')),
rb@218:                (_(u"Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!"), _(u'__Tim Peters, The Zen of Python')),
rb@218:                (_(u"I once tried Java, but it was too complicated for me, Python is easier."),_(u'__Valentin Pratz,  novice programmers')),
peter@144:                ]
peter@144:     
peter@141:     shuffle(sayings)
peter@144:     
peter@141:     saying, author = sayings[0]
peter@141:     return saying, author