Re: [OT] Latin

[nemo]

Just so we don't start another myth: the saying predates Jimmy Hoffa by 
many years (if not centuries).  It's one of those proverbs that 
everyone would love to have invented. (I'm just surprised it's not been 
attributed to Churchill yet!). It's been made famous in modern times by 
Margaret Atwood in "The Handmaid's Tale" (Offred finds it written in a 
closet), but she did not invent it either.

Here's my favorite (modern) latin proverb:

Semper in excreta sumus solum profundum variat.
[We're] Always in sh*t but the depth varies.


On Feb 5, 2004, at 12:18 PM, Frank P. Eigler wrote:

On Thu, 5 Feb 2004, Bruce Mitchell wrote:
[snip]
What is the translation of the latin? Is it that old Jimmy Hoffa saw 
"Don't
let the bastards wear you down"?

Bruce
Yup - except I didn't know there was a Hoffa connection (!).

Hmm - wonder waht the latin is for: Everyday you can learn something 
new -
if you pay attention ;-)

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