It is amazing how many "wise" sayings are attributed to many "Wise"
people: Voltaire and Einstein included. This, I believe, is a human
tendency to seek authority to their ideas by ascribing them to
authority figures: like religious (and 'religious') people ascribing
everything wise to their scripture.
R.
On 7.07.2016 11:09, Jacques Clavel wrote:
Mark wrote :
*At any rate, the quote is variously ascribed to Einstein and to Benjamin
Franklin, but probably originated with Voltaire:Lorsque l'on effectue une
action, atteint un mauvais résultat, puis répète l'action plusieurs fois
attendent un meilleur résultat, on est un peu fou de singe, non? --
Réflexions sur la jonque*
I have found the Wikiquote english site, which says that...
But this quote is not a correct sentence in french. Correct sentence would
be :
"Lorsque l'on effectue une action, atteint un mauvais résultat, puis répète
l'action plusieurs fois *en attendant* un meilleur résultat, on est un peu
fou de *recommencer*, non?"
And I have not found "Réflexion sur la Jonque" in the list of the text from
Voltaire. Perhaps it exists, but I have not found it.
Ah the Web data source...
2016-07-07 3:40 GMT+02:00 Mark Wieder <mwie...@ahsoftware.net>:
On 07/06/2016 10:44 AM, Richmond wrote:
Not true; Albert Einstein [The man who knew a lot about Physics and
Maths and not much else and
Best to stick to things you know something about, yes?
At any rate, the quote is variously ascribed to Einstein and to Benjamin
Franklin, but probably originated with Voltaire:
Lorsque l'on effectue une action, atteint un mauvais résultat, puis répète
l'action plusieurs fois attendent un meilleur résultat, on est un peu fou
de singe, non?
-- Réflexions sur la jonque
--
Mark Wieder
ahsoftw...@gmail.com
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