Saturday, February 19, 2005

The Oracle Speaks

Know thyself.
-- Delphic Oracle, 8th century BC

The folly of mistaking a paradox for a discovery, a metaphor for a proof, a torrent of verbiage for a spring of capital truths, and oneself for an oracle, is inborn in us.

-- Paul Valéry, 1895

From The Internet Oracle
also known as The Usenet Oracle

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