Mbo's Quote O' The Day--Dec 14th

Subject: Mbo's Quote O' The Day--Dec 14th
From: Mbo
Date: 14 Dec 99 - 12:33 PM

Here's a good one:

"Great men are like meteors; they glitter and are consumed to enlighten the world."

Anyone want to venture a guess as to who said it?

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mbo's Quote O' The Day--Dec 14th
From: Ringer
Date: 14 Dec 99 - 12:38 PM

Do meteors enlighten the world?

Subject: RE: Mbo's Quote O' The Day--Dec 14th
From: Peter T.
Date: 14 Dec 99 - 12:41 PM

How about Thomas Carlyle? (just a guess)
yours, Peter T.

Subject: RE: Mbo's Quote O' The Day--Dec 14th
From: Mbo
Date: 14 Dec 99 - 12:51 PM

Ohhhh, I'm sorry. It's not Carlyle, but you're getting closer!

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mbo's Quote O' The Day--Dec 14th
From:
Date: 14 Dec 99 - 07:54 PM

May West ?

Subject: RE: Mbo's Quote O' The Day--Dec 14th
From: Mbo
Date: 14 Dec 99 - 08:04 PM

No, I'm sorry, the answer is Napoleon Bonaparte, Napolean Bonaparte (one of my favorite people in history!)

--Mbo

Subject: RE: Mbo's Quote O' The Day--Dec 14th
From: Ringer
Date: 15 Dec 99 - 05:23 AM

Hmmm. I wouldn't rely on his astronomy primer.

Subject: RE: Mbo's Quote O' The Day--Dec 14th
From: Skipjack
Date: 15 Dec 99 - 08:36 AM

Can't remember that line in The Man from U.N.C.L.E.!