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   Message 136,146 of 137,311   
   Keith F. Lynch to Hal Heydt   
   Re: MT VOID, 08/09/24 -- Vol. 43, No. 6,   
   11 Aug 24 20:53:33   
   
   From: kfl@KeithLynch.net   
      
   Hal Heydt wrote:   
   > Far from the only modern idiom that is a mangled Biblical quote.   
   > Take "gilding the lily", where the original is "painting the lily   
   > and gilding refine'd gold."   
      
   Someone is wrong on the Internet!  That's from Shakespeare, not   
   the Bible.   
      
   And also isn't watching the Hugo livestream (unless you're multi-   
   tasking, as I am).   
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   Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/   
   Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.   
      
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