Re: wise words
From: Frank Hamersley <terabitemightbe_at_bigpond.com>
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 09:35:51 GMT
Message-ID: <XHAcg.9286$S7.4525_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>
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> http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Proverb:_A_bird_in_the_hand
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> The text in CDT is something that we hear or something that we see ?
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> I've read tons of proverbs but I forgotten most of them.
Date: Tue, 23 May 2006 09:35:51 GMT
Message-ID: <XHAcg.9286$S7.4525_at_news-server.bigpond.net.au>
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> "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"!
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> http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Proverb:_A_bird_in_the_hand
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>>> 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".
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> 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!
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> 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 - 11:35:51 CEST