--- borg costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A life spent making mistakes is not only more > honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing > nothing. > > ---George Bernard Shaw > Mario observes: > Hey, Borg, I'm not sure what moved you to publish the pessimistic quote shown above by George Bernard Shaw. > Since you entertained us with the quote without any context, I assume you wanted us to take it literally and examine it critically. Besides it's a slow day. > For George Bernard Shaw to be mathematically correct, doesn't one have to have at least ONE more success than the number of one's mistakes for this life to be "more honorable" and "more useful" than doing nothing? Without at least one more success than the number of failures, it would be a tie, would it not, and therefore no more honorable or useful than doing nothing??? Unless doing nothing is a vice in and of itself. > In return, I will offer you a more optimistic and positive quote from one of my early bosses for your consideration, "The only people who make no mistakes are those who do nothing." > Unlike Shaw, who seemed to imply admiration for a life of making mistakes, my boss clearly expected far more successes than mistakes, but recognized that some mistakes are bound to occur in the normal scheme of doing things. Doing nothing wasn't even an option in his book. >
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