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Thought for the Day (August 17)

17 Aug 99 - 10:18 AM (#105807)
Subject: Thought for the Day (August 17)
From: Peter T.

"Defiez-vous des premiers mouvements; ils sont presque toujours bon".
"Mistrust your first impulses: they are nearly always good."
--Talleyrand (18th century diplomat, Foreign Minister under Napoleon, Louis XVIII, presumptive father of Delacroix, etc.)


17 Aug 99 - 02:25 PM (#105895)
Subject: RE: Thought for the Day (August 17)
From: katlaughing

PeterT: I see it is also attributed, sometimes, to Corneille (below) and Comte de Montrond Casimir

Un premier mouvement ne fut jamais un crime. "A first impulse was never a crime." - Pierre Corneille - (1606-1684)

So....is this a subtle hint to all of us impulsive posters? Heeheehee