Iznogoud writes: >> >> Point 8 also says 'the more women, the more witchcraft', so perhaps a grain >> or two of salt is applicable when dealing with outdated 'wisdom' >> This is often translated as "the more wives, the more witchcraft." I should have linked to a different site. > > Point 8 starts with: "He used to say." (Gotta love that part.) > I'm not sure what you are getting at. > > This one, and probably all other points, come with a wheelbarrow full of salt. Point 3 is: "Be careful in your relations with the government; for they draw no man close to themselves except for their own interests. They appear as friends when it is to their advantage, but they do not stand by a man in his time of stress." If we had stuck with "Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country." we would be better off. Instead we are umpteen trillion in debt and want to spend a lot more?! Brian https://github.com/Ebenezer-group/onwards -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20180903/31e60c6a/attachment.html>