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  • Re: MT VOID, 08/09/24 -- Vol. 43, No. 6, Whole Number 2340

    From Dorothy J Heydt@21:1/5 to Evelyn C. Leeper on Sun Aug 11 20:37:58 2024
    In article <v9ap9c$2p846$[email protected]>,
    Evelyn C. Leeper <[email protected]> wrote:
    But money itself is not "the root of all
    earthly evils"; the reference is to 1 Timothy 6:10, which says,
    "For *the love of* money is the root of all evil: which while some
    coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced
    themselves through with many sorrows." [italics mine]

    [Hal Heydt]
    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."

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  • From Keith F. Lynch@21:1/5 to Hal Heydt on Sun Aug 11 20:53:33 2024
    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).
    --
    Keith F. Lynch - http://keithlynch.net/
    Please see http://keithlynch.net/email.html before emailing me.

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  • From Gary McGath@21:1/5 to Dorothy J Heydt on Mon Aug 12 06:47:25 2024
    On 8/11/24 4:37 PM, Dorothy J Heydt wrote:
    In article <v9ap9c$2p846$[email protected]>,
    Evelyn C. Leeper <[email protected]> wrote:
    But money itself is not "the root of all
    earthly evils"; the reference is to 1 Timothy 6:10, which says,
    "For *the love of* money is the root of all evil: which while some
    coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced
    themselves through with many sorrows." [italics mine]

    [Hal Heydt]
    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."

    Shakespeare quotes get messed up as often as the Bible. I wrote a post a
    couple of days ago and just made it public, on how Britannica misquoted
    and incorrectly explained the most famous line in Romeo and Juliet.

    https://garymcgath.com/wp/britannica-blunders/
    --
    Gary McGath http://www.mcgath.com

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