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Old July 8th 03, 04:04 AM
Peter A. Stoll
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No problem, but while I'm "keeping you straight", who'll keep me
straight?

BUFDRVR

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"quis custodet custodes ipsos?"

A quote from some Roman general. It means who will guard the guardians
themselves.

Cheers,

Indrek Aavisto
Sudbury, Ontario


close, try:
"quis custodiet ipsos custodes"
and the more direct translation is watching, not quite guarding.

Usual attribution is to Decimus Junius Juvenalis, 6.347-8, better known to
us as Juvenal, a savagely satiric poet of Rome.

I tried using this epigram at lunch once about twenty years ago at Intel,
and had my Latin instantly corrected by Richard Gruen.

Peter A. Stoll
I don't speak for Intel, nor they for me