For those who have read Don Quixote, I would be interested to know what what would be your favorite English translation as well as your favorite modern Spanish version (as I understand it, a lot of the story was written in "Old Castilian").
On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 12:28 PM Frank Wimberly <[email protected]> wrote: > 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/ >> > -- --- .-. . .-.. --- -.-. -.- ... -..-. .- .-. . -..-. - .... . -..-. . > ... ... . -. - .. .- .-.. -..-. .-- --- .-. -.- . .-. ... > 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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