In <200203261515.AA421068998@xxxxxxxxx>, on 03/26/02 at 03:15 PM,
"Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxxxx> said:
[speaking about those of us who are mostly silent...]
>have they heeded the advice my grandfather gave
>me years ago that, "It s better to be silent and thought a fool than
>to open your mouth and remove all doubt"?
Not that so much. Rather, many of us agree with Tom Lehrer, who
commented on the voluble generation, " I believe that those who have
nothing to say should shut up!"
[If it's not exact, it's close.]
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les clark / edgewater, nj / usa
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