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- From: kilroy@orac.holonet.net (Robert A. Miroballi)
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- Subject: Re: Discretion
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- Date: 23 Dec 92 23:46:51 GMT
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- Anu.Kapoor@launchpad.unc.edu (Anu Kapoor) writes:
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- >In article <21DEC199209383451@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov> isaacman@stars.gsfc.nasa.gov (Subvert the Dominant Paradigm! (301) 513-7769) writes:
- >>In article <1992Dec21.123937.4840@zip.eecs.umich.edu>, macika@emunix.emich.edu (Dominic Macika (Asst. Lab Supervisor)) writes...
- >>>"Discretion is the better part of valor."
- >>>
- >>>Isn't there more to this quote? And who is it? I want to say Cicero, but
- >>>that seems more like a wild stab than anything.
- >>>
- >>The correct quote is "The better part of valor is discretion", and I
- >>believe it is from Shakespeare (Hamlet, I think....).
- >>
- >>Rich Isaacman
- How about this, the better part of valor is discretion, but the better part
- of discretion is cowardice (or fear, if you prefer).
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- RobM.
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