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 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 12:50 PM Subject: Re: <no subject> > 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 >