>>>>> "Roland" == Roland Mas <lolando@debian.org> writes:
Just a comment...
Roland> Branden Robinson (2001-08-30 21:26:18 -0500) :
>> On Thu, Aug 30, 2001 at 09:40:03PM +0100, Jules Bean wrote:
>> > Build a fire for a man, an he'll be warm for a day. Set a
>> > man on fire, and he'll be warm for the rest of his life.
>> Bwa ha, this should be my epitaph.
>> Did you make that up yourself? It's going in my sig file.
Roland> I read it in a book by Terry Pratchett (Jingo). I think
Roland> Mr. Pratchett is original enough not to have copied that
Roland> elsewhere.
Roland> <URL:http://www.co.uk.lspace.org/books/pqf/jingo.html>
I know that "proverb"(?) as "Give a man fire and he will be warm for a
day. Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his
life." (have it in my quotes file)
Don't know where I got that from, but it was surely not from Jingo
(even though I love everything by pterry, I haven't read it yet).
Don't know *when* I came across it, so can't say whether it was before
or after Jingo came out.
Bye, J
PS: Yes, pterry is great, and pretty original... but I don't think
he's above using a great quote when he sees one. ;-)
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