Re: wise words
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 17:08:53 +0300
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"Frank Hamersley" <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message
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> Erwin wrote:
> > " ... We silly monkeys place greater value on what we have than on what
> > we can get. ..."
> >
> > You seem to take it for granted axiomatically that indeed we CAN "get"
> > that something better. If that were true, you're absolutely right.
>
> hence "A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush"!
http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Proverb:_A_bird_in_the_hand
> > But I'm a bit more skeptical. I'll believe it when I see it.
>
> and "Believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you see".
The text in CDT is something that we hear or something that we see ?
> Of course some in CDT are much much smarter than these aged wisdoms!
I've read tons of proverbs but I forgotten most of them. Received on Mon May 22 2006 - 16:08:53 CEST