In article <86r6fgns55.fsf@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Steve Coltrin <spcoltri@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>gfitzger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Garrett Fitzgerald) writes:
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>> I remembered a line about apologizing when you were correct, and tried
>> to Google it. I couldn't find a reference to the quote itself, but
>> found where someone had lifted it wholesale for their fanfic.
>>
>>>...what do you do if you've had a fight with someone and they're
>>>incredibly wrong and you're right?'
>>>
>>>'Apologize immediately.'
>
>"And another [ingredient for a happy marriage]--In a family argument,
>if it turns out you are right--apologize at once!"
>
>"'The Notebooks of Lazarus Long", from Heinlein's _Time Enough for Love_.
Or as Ogden Nash put it,
"If you want your life to be filled
With love like a loving cup,
Whenever you're wrong, admit it;
Whenever you're right, shut up."
Dorothy J. Heydt
Albany, California
djheydt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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