Re: George's Gems/Rudeness

[John, Jacobus]

How about . . .



"This rudeness is a sauce to his good wit,

Which gives men stomach to digest his words

With better appetite."



William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist,

poet. Cassius, in Julius Caesar, act 1, sc. 2, l.

300-2. 

 



--- Stewart Farber <farbersa@optonline.net> wrote:

> Radsafers:

> A thought on this thread since Michael Stabin had

> written that: "some recent 

> posts have been a bit acerbic".

> 

> This isn't from George Washington on rules of

> civility [but rather from Eric 

> Hoffer, a former longshoreman, best selling American

> author, and social 

> philosopher of a few decades ago] who no doubt could

> have traded rude epithets 

> with the best of them. 

> 

> "Rudeness is a weak imitation of strength."

> 

> -  Eric Hoffer

> =====

> Stewart Farber

> >> I'll leave it to you to post this thought to

> radsafe if it seems

> >appropriate.

> >>

> >> thanks,

> >> Stewart Farber

> >> ===

> >> 7/7/03 8:26:02 AM, "Michael G. Stabin"

> <michael.g.stabin@vanderbilt.edu>

> >wrote:

> >>

> >> >

> >> >Another entry from George Washington's, 1746

> book called "Rules of

> >Civility

> >> >and Decent Behaviour In Company and

> Conversation", reproduced with the

> >> >spellings provided in the text, at least as

> presented at

> >> >http://www.buchanan.org/h-189.html    Seems like

> a good time for this

> >one,

> >> >some recent posts have been a bit acerbic.

> >> >

> >> >50th Be not hasty to believe flying Reports to

> the Disparagement of any.

> >> >

> >> >Here's a bonus gem, nothing to do with

> electronic discourse, but cute

> >> >anyway. Have a great week.

> >> >53rd Run not in the Streets, neither go too

> slowly nor with Mouth open go

> >> >not Shaking yr Arms kick not the earth with yr

> feet, go not upon the

> >Toes,

> >> >nor in a Dancing fashion.

> >> >

> >> >

> >> >

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-- John

John Jacobus, MS

Certified Health Physicist

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