ClockQuotes

Posted on April 5, 2008 by | 3 Comments

There is nothing so absurd or ridiculous that has not at some time been said by some philosopher.
– Oliver Goldsmith

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3 responses to “ClockQuotes”

  1. bob koepp's avatar bob koepp | April 5, 2008 at 8:04 am |

    I’m pretty sure that Marcus Tullius Cicero is the originator of this saying. It was also picked up and used to good effect by Descartes.

  2. John S. Wilkins's avatar John S. Wilkins | April 5, 2008 at 9:59 am |

    Damn! Bob beat me to it. I was going to show my erudition unnecessarily!
    David Hull has a variant: There is nothing so absurd that some organism or other doesn’t have it.

  3. Coturnix's avatar Coturnix | April 6, 2008 at 1:42 pm |

    Hmmmm, so it is one of those ageless truisms that lots of people can claim, eh?