The exact quote from Mencken is:
"A man may be a fool and not know it - but not if he is married."
but to my eye/ear, you rendition is easier to read and understand.
ScottGee1
On 1/24/06, James N. McBride <jnmcbr@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Along that line, I ran across this someplace:
>
> "When I was a kid I used to pray every night for a new bicycle. Then I
> realized that the Lord doesn't work that way so I stole one and asked Him to
> forgive me." -Emo Philips
>
> /jmac
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:olympus-owner@xxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of Walt Wayman
> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 10:31 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] Re: Re. New toy
>
>
> Haven't we all been caught in that conundrum? I think it was H.L. Mencken
> who said, "A man may be a fool and not know it -- unless he is married." Or
> something like that. I get my comeuppance and direction ever more
> frequently and accept it increasingly meekly as time goes by. :-[ Except I
> have learned over the years that it's a lot easier to get forgiveness than
> permission, which can result in new toys sometimes. ;-)
>
> Walt
>
> << snip
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