My favorite quote from Don Quixote is probably the most famous: Whether the stone hits the vase or the vase hits the stone it's bad for the vase.
I have multiple copies in Spanish and English but I've only read parts. --- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Wed, May 27, 2020, 11:19 AM Jochen Fromm <[email protected]> wrote: > I am not sure he wrote this :-/ My favorite Cervantes quote from Don > Quixote is "There is no book so bad that it does not have something good in > it". I remember reading it in Greece during a summer vacation. Don Quixote > has everything, it is funny, wise and one of the first novels ever. When we > discussed a list of best books here on FRIAM, someone immediately mentioned > it (don't remember who). > > -J. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Jon Zingale <[email protected]> > Date: 5/27/20 17:47 (GMT+01:00) > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Interdisciplinary work > > Jochen, > > Though likely not relevant, I wanted to share my favorite Cervantes quote: > > > > *"A wise man should ever be cautious when writing books to let his > humorand his wits run leaden-footed. For if he writes for silly maidens, > then hewrites for nincompoops and ninnies."* > > Jon > -- --- .-. . .-.. --- -.-. -.- ... -..-. .- .-. . -..-. - .... . -..-. . > ... ... . -. - .. .- .-.. -..-. .-- --- .-. -.- . .-. ... > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >
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