Noel Chiappa wrote in <20190410155735.9E47518C097(a)mercury.lcs.mit.edu>:
|This thread brings to mind a wonderful saying which I just saw in another \
|forum:
|
|"A wise man speaks when he feels he has something to say - a fool speaks \
|when
|he feels he has to say something."
Tucholsky was "even one step further" (shortly before his suicide):
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Eine_Treppe_(Tucholskys_Sudelbuch).jpg
|And to reply in advance to the 'but I did't realize so many other people \
|had
|sent in replies' - try scanning your emailbox before replying to messages \
|to a
|large list.
|
|S/N is to be hallowed.
|
| Noel
|
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--steffen
|
|Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear,
|der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one
|einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off
|(By Robert Gernhardt)