Re: wise words

From: Frank Hamersley <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 09:35:51 GMT
Message-ID: <XHAcg.9286$S7.4525@news-server.bigpond.net.au>

x wrote:
> "Frank Hamersley" <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:Ggjcg.8872$S7.4944_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au...

>> 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 ?

Touche! Prolly the former given the SNR.

>> 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.

But that only says something about you and nothing about the veracity of the proverbs. :-)

Cheers, Frank. Received on Tue May 23 2006 - 04:35:51 CDT