On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 11:38:21PM -0500, Jon Eisenstein wrote: > On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Branden Robinson wrote: > > I wish he'd cut it out with that .sig. As much as I might like to claim > > credit for coining that aphorism, I cannot, as any person even modestly > > well-read in English literature can tell you. > > Not to be taking us more off topic or anything, but it's also the > inspiration for the title and layout of a great book by Asimov, The Gods > Themselves. You see, it's in 3 parts, and the first is called "Against > Stupidity", the second "The Gods Themselves" and finally, "Contend in > Vain". And... yeah. Okay, that's it. It was pointed out to me in private mail that its origin doesn't even lie in English Literature, but rather German: Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens. [Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.] Friedrich von Schiller _Die Jungfrau von Orleans_ -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | It tastes good. branden@debian.org | -- Bill Clinton http://www.debian.org/~branden/ |
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