Ah, thanks. That's interesting, and certainly plausible. I don't think it will make me change my .sig (as I'm willing to correct defects in history myself), but it's good to know in case someone brings it up again. Philip Hart wrote: > FWIW, see > http://omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu:8080/hyper-lists/classics-l/01-11-01/0541.html > > FWIW, I haven't read Herodotus in over fifteen years, but this doesn't > sound like him to me. It does sound very much like Twain, and he has a, > uhh, history of citing made-up quotes. > > On Mon, 30 Jun 2003, Dejin Shathe wrote: > > > 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 > > > > -- J A Dusty Sayers 'I have never been lost, but I was powerful confused for three days once.' -- Daniel Boone