-----Original Message----- From: Robert Paul <Robert.Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Oct 13, 2004 4:21 PM To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: "Honesty Is The Best Policy" Cervantes said 'Honesty's the best policy' [_Don Quixote_ (pt. II, ch. XXXIII) Benjamin Franklin, who is often credited as having said it first, was either borrowing from Cervantes, or hit upon it independently (it really isn't that profound a saying). A.A. The same idea coming up concurrently in separate places is not unprecedented. Picasso and Braque both came up with cubism at about the same time independently. Likewise I believe that Newton and another person both discovered calculus independently at about the same time. Newton, of course, is credited. I'm sure there are other examples. An idea whose time has come is pretty powerful. Andy Amago Richard Whately would seem to be playing off the ubiquity of this proverb. Cervantes also said, 'The proof of the pudding is in the eating,' 'I have other fish to fry,' etc. Robert Paul Reed College Robert Paul ------------------------------------------------------------------ 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