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

14 Dec 99 - 12:33 PM (#149331)
Subject: Mbo's Quote O' The Day--Dec 14th
From: Mbo

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


14 Dec 99 - 12:38 PM (#149333)
Subject: RE: Mbo's Quote O' The Day--Dec 14th
From: Ringer

Do meteors enlighten the world?


14 Dec 99 - 12:41 PM (#149335)
Subject: RE: Mbo's Quote O' The Day--Dec 14th
From: Peter T.

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


14 Dec 99 - 12:51 PM (#149341)
Subject: RE: Mbo's Quote O' The Day--Dec 14th
From: Mbo

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

--Mbo


14 Dec 99 - 07:54 PM (#149569)
Subject: RE: Mbo's Quote O' The Day--Dec 14th
From:

May West ?


14 Dec 99 - 08:04 PM (#149574)
Subject: RE: Mbo's Quote O' The Day--Dec 14th
From: Mbo

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

--Mbo


15 Dec 99 - 05:23 AM (#149733)
Subject: RE: Mbo's Quote O' The Day--Dec 14th
From: Ringer

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


15 Dec 99 - 08:36 AM (#149761)
Subject: RE: Mbo's Quote O' The Day--Dec 14th
From: Skipjack

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