Both are very appropriate indeed! I'm going to post them next to these two:
"No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripe n." -Epictetus, Discourses and "Less words. Less crap." -- Shtikl.com Cheers, Mary ----- Original Message ---- From: Andy Kass <ak...@jaspersoft.com> To: framers@lists.frameusers.com Sent: Thu, April 21, 2011 1:51:11 PM Subject: Re: OFF-Topic: Perfect Proverb for Tech Writers On Wed, 20 Apr 2011 11:01:46 -0700, "Flato, Gillian" <gfl...@nanometrics.com> wrote: > > "Tell me, and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and >I'll understand." > Native American Proverb Mmmm, proverbs and quotes, I love them. Though I have to say, my version of the tech writer's proverb is: "Ce que l'on conçoit bien s'énonce clairement, Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisément." "That which is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease." --Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (1636-1711) L'Art Poétique (The Art of Poetry, 1674), Canto I, l. 153 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Boileau-Despr%C3%A9aux http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Nicolas_Boileau-Despr%C3%A9aux Thanks, Andy _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as mhs...@yahoo.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/mhs_tw%40yahoo.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info. _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to framers as arch...@mail-archive.com. Send list messages to framers@lists.frameusers.com. To unsubscribe send a blank email to framers-unsubscr...@lists.frameusers.com or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to listad...@frameusers.com. Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
