Thanks  all.   I'm a bit red-faced that I didn't  think to google the
quote.  --Tom



On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 9:55 AM, Sue Coffman <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> On Jan 31, 2009, at 8:06 AM, Susan J Avery wrote:
>
>  Tom
>>   The actual quote is "One of the tragedies of life is the murder of a
>> beautiful theory by a brutal gang of facts."  It was made by La
>> Rochefoucauld
>>
>> Susan in Winston-Salem, NC
>>
>> On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 06:40:21 -0700 Tom Gilmore <[log in to unmask]>
>> writes:
>>
>>> Hoping someone can tell me who wrote this terrific quote.  Came to me
>>> from
>>> another researcher who can't remember where she saw it.
>>>  --Tom
>>>
>>>  "There is nothing more tragic than the murder of a beautiful
>>> theory by a
>>> brutal gang of facts."
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