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#1
09-10-2008, 07:26 PM
Eventus stultorum magiste
can that be credited to one person or is it something people have said since the dawn of time?
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09-10-2008, 10:19 PM
Quote:Eventus stultorum magiste
can that be credited to one person or is it something people have said since the dawn of time?
Do you mean "Eventus stultorum magister"? The result is the instructor of fools? That would be a quote by Livy (AUC, 22.39.10, after Homer, Iliad 17.32); both men meant that fools learn from mistakes and intelligent people can avoid errors.
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09-10-2008, 10:59 PM
i copied it directly from a website so i suppose i might have left off the r lol

and thank you Big Grin
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