Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]No, it's not at all. But it is always described as such - "May you live in interesting times." And it turns out that Robert Kennedy was the ancient Chinese philosopher who coined it. On 8/17/05 3:37 PM, "Richard" <richard-lists@imagecraft.com> wrote: > While I don't remember all the thousands Chinese proverbs that I read when > I was growing up, this line is definitely not a Chinese Proverb, and there > is no such thing as "Confucious says..." > > At 11:30 AM 8/17/2005, B. D. Colen wrote: > >> Thanks. It is certainly, uh, 'interesting.' Remember the Chinese proverb >> that is apparently not a Chinese proverb - but rather is a line Bobby >> Kennedy threw out as a 'Chinese proverb?' About living in interesting >> times? >> ;-) >> > > // richard (This email is for mailing lists. To reach me directly, please > use richard at imagecraft.com) > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information