Twain is apparently quoting Herodotus though. In the Acknowledgments for _A Horse's Tale_ - or som I'm told by those knowledgable in such things... -Dejin- "It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no-one else will speak." >From: Philip Hart <philiph at SLAC.Stanford.EDU> >To: J A 'Dusty' Sayers <dusty at sayersnet.com> >CC: dragaera at dragaera.info >Subject: Re: Half-breed citizenship >Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2003 18:45:37 -0700 (PDT) > > > 'Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at > > all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.' > > -- Herodotus > >That's a kick-ass .sig, especially in the context of a discussion of >Paarfi. On the other hand, I can't recall reading this in Herodotus, and >according to the web the proper attribution is, as so often, Mark Twain >pretending to knowledge that improves on reality. _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail is now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to http://ninemsn.com.au/mobilecentral/signup.asp