the road of excess, the palace of wisdom, etc.

[Rick Vosper]

O-or that old Church of the Subgenius line,

"Too Much is always better than Not Enough", attributed to J.R. "Bob" Dobbs
hisself.

--rick

Back to lurking.

At 02:34 PM 12/20/96 EST, you wrote:
>Apropos of an exchange between Henry & Heikki:
>
>> > Moderation in moderation - Husky Mariner
>
>[...]
>
>> Anyway, the last saying reminds me of an old Finnish proverb:
>> "Too much is too much, but moderation is not enough".
>
>A version of this I remember as my dad's parting advice the day he 
>dropped me off to start my freshman year of college: "Moderation in 
>all things, son, including moderation."  I always figured TRP tends 
>to think along the same lines.
>
>Much holiday cheer, and not necessarily in moderation,
>Bill
>
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