I like Larry Kramer's version better. I think Pliny the elder is also the one who said, kids today just aren't like they were in his day. He also said, and this is from a Pliny quote site, "In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain." I always thought that was Nietzsche, Nothing endures but change. Not really the same. -----Original Message----- >From: Robert Paul <rpaul@xxxxxxxx> >Sent: Jan 26, 2007 7:20 PM >To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Old Phil-Lit... > >> The boys were throwing the stones in jest, but the frogs were dying in >> earnest. Larry Kramer phil lit Feb 14, 2003 > >"Small boys throw stones at frogs in jest. But, the frogs do not die >in jest. The frogs die in earnest." [attr. Pliny the elder] > >Robert Paul >little Latin and less Greek > > >------------------------------------------------------------------ >To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, >digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html