In a message dated 3/12/2007 10:00:01 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Herodotus. But it loses a lot of its punch when it's removed from its original Doric-Lacedaemonian. - Mike V. On 3/12/07, Ross Bender <_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) > wrote: Best line of this thread IMHO: [Mike V. wrote} "If you hear quacking, you look for a duck. You don't look for a gerbil with a gift for avian mimicry." I've been googling like billy-o to find out whether that line about a gerbil is original with Mike V. or if he lifted it from the classics.... Herodotus? I didn't realize his history was the basis of last week's blockbuster movie "300 Ducks" Perhaps you are liberally reworking his: Men trust their ears less than their eyes. However, a few clueless narrators on this list do exercise his observation: Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects. Also, Herodotus foretold the curse of Benseraglio2: This is the bitterest pain among men, to have much knowledge but no power. Unfortunately, as the bourgeoisie Local Looney Left tries to sissify the Hood with their Nanny-State agent, the UCD, (sorry, I couldn't find a skinnier girl, but she's professionally dressed) they forget Herodotus' most powerful observation: In soft regions are born soft men. Ciao, Craig <BR><BR><BR>**************************************<BR> AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at http://www.aol.com.
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