From: "Dan'l Danehy-Oakes" <ddanehy@siebel.com>
Subject: RE: (whorl) Quotable Short Sun
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 09:21:42 

> > 24.-2 Experience is a wonderful teacher, but one
> > whose lessons come too late.

> I feel fairly sure this is a quotation from somewhere.

I think the usual form is "Experience is what you get
right after you need it," which I've seen attributed
to Robert Fripp, but it's probably older than that.


> > 155.-4 At least I know how little I know.

> Ditto.

Socrates. It's all in Plato -- what _do_ they teach 
them in these schools?


--Blattid


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