On 2014-11-23, Bret Busby <bret.bu...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> L'hôpital qui se moque de la charité? >> > I think that, in one of the sciences, was a "L'Hopital's Rule", but, > do not remember to what it applied, or, what was the rule.
My etymological sources tell me that from the end of the Middle Ages to the beginning of the Renaissance, in large European cities, there was a certain rivalry between publicly-administered hospitals and religiously-administered charities in treating the sick and the poor. > Otherwise, I wonder whether the above, has something to do with > mosques and charities and hospitals? Moquer (to mock), not mosquée (mosque). The expression signifies that before criticizing others, you should make sure that you yourself are beyond reproach. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/slrnm74dbt.30l.cu...@einstein.electron.org
