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Tom Watson

16/03/2005 6:08 PM

Vito Kuhn - Dog Pile - "Ex Vito alterius sapiens emendat suum. "

"From the mistake of the other man, the wise man corrects his own."

Publilius Syrus c. 100 BCE.

You should leave this man alone. He is not well.



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Tom Watson

in reply to Tom Watson on 16/03/2005 6:08 PM

16/03/2005 7:38 PM

On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:58:30 -0600, "Bob Schmall" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Tommy:
>Don't recognize the name. Where does he hang out?
>
>Bob


He's one of the Latin poets, who is encompassed within the
unfortunately named category of "Minor Poets".

I came across him in school, when studying Marcus Aurelius, and became
an instant fan.

IDAGS (brief) and came up with this reasonably nice site:

http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Publilius_Syrus




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WillR

in reply to Tom Watson on 16/03/2005 6:08 PM

16/03/2005 9:35 PM

Tom Watson wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 17:58:30 -0600, "Bob Schmall" <[email protected]>
> wrote:
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>>Tommy:
>>Don't recognize the name. Where does he hang out?
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>>Bob
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> He's one of the Latin poets, who is encompassed within the
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> I came across him in school, when studying Marcus Aurelius, and became
> an instant fan.
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> IDAGS (brief) and came up with this reasonably nice site:
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> Thomas J. Watson - WoodDorker
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> tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
> http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)

Interesting quotes. Worth a look. Enjoyed reading all three pages of=20
them. Even printed them to pass around.


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Will R.
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those=20
who have not got it.=94 George Bernard Shaw

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"Bob Schmall"

in reply to Tom Watson on 16/03/2005 6:08 PM

16/03/2005 5:58 PM

Tommy:
Don't recognize the name. Where does he hang out?

Bob

"Tom Watson" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "From the mistake of the other man, the wise man corrects his own."
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> Publilius Syrus c. 100 BCE.
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> You should leave this man alone. He is not well.
>
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> Thomas J. Watson - WoodDorker
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> tjwatson1ATcomcastDOTnet (real email)
> http://home.comcast.net/~tjwatson1 (webpage)


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