[FRIAM] Interdisciplinary work

Frank Wimberly wimberly3 at gmail.com
Wed May 27 13:26:02 EDT 2020


My favorite quote from Don Quixote is probably the most famous:

Whether the stone hits the vase or the vase hits the stone it's bad for the
vase.

I have multiple copies in Spanish and English but I've only read parts.

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Frank C. Wimberly
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On Wed, May 27, 2020, 11:19 AM Jochen Fromm <jofr at cas-group.net> wrote:

> I am not sure he wrote this :-/ My favorite Cervantes quote from Don
> Quixote is "There is no book so bad that it does not have something good in
> it". I remember reading it in Greece during a summer vacation. Don Quixote
> has everything, it is funny, wise and one of the first novels ever. When we
> discussed a list of best books here on FRIAM, someone immediately mentioned
> it (don't remember who).
>
> -J.
>
>
> -------- Original message --------
> From: Jon Zingale <jonzingale at gmail.com>
> Date: 5/27/20 17:47 (GMT+01:00)
> To: friam at redfish.com
> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Interdisciplinary work
>
> Jochen,
>
> Though likely not relevant, I wanted to share my favorite Cervantes quote:
>
>
>
> *"A wise man should ever be cautious when writing books to let his
> humorand his wits run leaden-footed. For if he writes for silly maidens,
> then hewrites for nincompoops and ninnies."*
>
> Jon
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