Benjamin Franklin:

May 11, 2016 19:01

Ah simple Man! when a boy two precious jewels were given thee, Time, and good Precepts; one thou hast lost, and the other broke.

(Poor Richard's Almanack, 1743)

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ikadell May 12 2016, 03:49:20 UTC
Forsooth, kind sir, that boy was Russian...

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seminarist May 12 2016, 09:30:01 UTC
Aren't we all?

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ikadell May 12 2016, 12:37:29 UTC
Kinda.

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Benjamin Franklin: livejournal May 12 2016, 04:18:04 UTC
User platonicus referenced to your post from Benjamin Franklin: saying: [...] Оригинал взят у в Benjamin Franklin: [...]

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thrasymedes May 12 2016, 05:55:06 UTC
Интересно, подразумевается ли какой сломал, а какой потерял ?
На первый взгляд, оба варианта хороши

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seminarist May 12 2016, 08:10:04 UTC
Я не думаю, чтобы можно было сломать Время :)

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pascendi May 12 2016, 05:59:15 UTC
Ого!
Так этот анекдот изначально не про русских, получается...

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phd_paul_lector May 12 2016, 11:19:48 UTC
отлично

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