[FRIAM] Interdisciplinary work

[Gary Schiltz]

For those who have read Don Quixote, I would be interested to know what
what would be your favorite English translation as well as your favorite
modern Spanish version (as I understand it, a lot of the story was written
in "Old Castilian").

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 12:28 PM Frank Wimberly <wimberly3 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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> 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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