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Re^2: My favorite monk isby Elgon (Curate) |
on May 08, 2006 at 19:19 UTC ( [id://548070]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
Is this a way of saying that he was brilliant but lacked even the most rudimentary social skills?
I am afraid to say that I was not a fan, given that he insulted people on a personal level and responded with further tirades when gently pulled up on it. I am sorry that we have lost his great technical acumen though. It is better either to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few. Pythagoras (582 BC - 507 BC)
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