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blind man quote.
I received the following note:
>Another opinion about who said it:
>From: http://www.weeks-g.dircon.co.uk/these_you_have_sought_on_a.htm
>In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. -- Desiderius
>Erasmus (1465-1536), Adagia, 1508
This makes more sense to me than Marx, since it's a very old cliché.
I'm leaving my correspondent's name out, since he works for the government.
Jim Devine jdevine@xxxxxxx & http://bellarmine.lmu.edu/~jdevine
- Thread context:
- Pop quiz,
Ian Murray Wed 06 Mar 2002, 18:04 GMT
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Fw: Pop quiz,
Ian Murray Wed 06 Mar 2002, 21:02 GMT
- Pop quiz,
Charles Brown Wed 06 Mar 2002, 22:03 GMT
- blind man quote.,
Devine, James Wed 06 Mar 2002, 17:12 GMT
- Marx vs. Roemer,
Charles Brown Wed 06 Mar 2002, 16:42 GMT
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