Re: Bio # 18


Subject: Re: Bio # 18
From: Renee Zuckerbrot (renee@dachshund.com)
Date: Wed Oct 10 2001 - 06:10:30 GMT


I would say it's from Marcus Aurelius Antonius's Meditations. #8 is
John-Boy Walton and #15 is the Marquis de Sade (:

renee
PS I hope you will share the identity of #8 and #15.

>Hey Rocky, watch me pull an autobiography out of my hat...
>
>Again?
>
>Nothin' up my sleeve....
>
>1. Courtesy and serenity of temper I first learnt to know from my
>grandfather Verus.
>2. Manliness without ostentation I learnt from what I have heard and
>remember of my father.
>3. My mother set me an example of piety and generosity, avoidance of
>all uncharitableness -- not in actions only, but in thought as well
>-- and a simplicity of life quite unlike the usual habits of the
>rich.
>4. To my great-grandfather I owed the advice to dispense with the
>education of the schools and have good masters at home instead --
>and to realize that no expense should be grudged for this purpose.
>5. It was my tutor who dissuades me from patronizing Green or Blue
>at the races, or Light and Heavy in the ring; and encouraged me not
>to be afraid of work, to be sparing in my wants, attend to my own
>needs, mind my own business, and never listen to gossip.
>
>Whoops, that sure ain't me. Hey, this isn't a hat; it's a plant!
>
>Now here's something we hope you'll *really* like...
>
>
>--John
>
>(# 8 and # 15 remain on the board -- no one's even guessed on 15...)
>

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