[lit-ideas] Re: someone help
- From: JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 10 May 2006 11:09:17 EDT
For some reason I have this idea that it's attributable to an English or
American poet -- Wordsworth or someone.....I've never associated it with
Persian
origin..... but then again, I'm never sure about anything these days.
Julie Krueger
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Date: 5/10/06 9:51:25 A.M. Central Daylight Time From: _Ursula@xxxxxxxxxxx
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"Had I two loaves, I would sell one and buy hyacinths to feed my soul.
Variously attributed to Mohammed and others, but I'm not sure that's true...
And I'm not sure that's the way I first heard it either...not poetic
enough somehow...
I'll keep looking...
U.
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JimKandJulieB@xxxxxxx wrote:
> I've googled till I'm blue in the face and cannot find/remember who
> said that if he had x amount of money he would spend half on bread and
> half on hyacinths. Does anyone know what I'm talking about? (I sure
> don't).
>
> Julie Krueger
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