Hello:

The whole saying of Khati (Merijere) is perhaps germane to this thread.

The complete saying as translated by Gardiner (Journal of Egyptian
Archaeology, I page 20) is,

"A good disposition is a man's heaven, but the cursing of a passionate man
is baneful"

Rick Seddon

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> In a message dated 08/26/2003 1:06:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>
> > "'A man's paradise is his good nature'
> >                                      sd/ Kati."
> >                                        -EP
> >
> >
>
> or the other way around....
>
> jb...
>
>
>
> They hang the man and flog the woman
> That steal the goose from off the common,
> But let the greater villain loose
> That steals the common from the goose.
>
> Constant apprehension of war has the same tendency
> to render the head too large for the body.  A standing military
> force with an overgrown executive will not long be safe.
> companions to liberty.  -- Thomas Jefferson
>
>
> "America is a quarter of a billion people totally misinformed and
disinformed
> by their government. This is tragic but our media is -- I wouldn't even
say
> corrupt -- it's just beyond telling us anything that the government
doesn't
> want us to know."
>
> Gore Vidal
>