Quotation of the Day
Tim was so learned, that he could name a Horse in nine Languages; So ignorant, that he bought a Cow to ride on.
(Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1750)
Monday: June 28, 2010
Sunday: June 27, 2010
Quotation of the Day
Proud Modern Learning despises the antient: School-men are now laught at by School-boys.
(Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1758)
Friday: June 11, 2010
“. . . is often noted”?
“When people unwittingly eat human flesh, served by unscrupulous restaurant owners and other such people, the similarity to pork is often noted.”
(Galen, On the Power of Foods 3, quoted in J. C. McKeown, A Cabinet of Roman Curiosities, p. 161)