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Quotes Suitable for Framing: Archilochus

 

 

 

The fox knows many things; the hedgehog one big thing.

Archilochus, Greek Poet, Fragment, (680BC-645BC)

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Bob Kurland
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Wednesday, April 18, AD 2018 10:41am

And I had always thought this was due to Isaiah Berlin! Thanks Don.

P.M.
P.M.
Wednesday, April 18, AD 2018 9:00pm

I wonder if the ‘thing(s)’ are referring to prey, meaning the fox finds prey and the hedgehog is prey. Saw the movie “Born Free” aired this week; a hedgehog was the first meal in the wild for Elsa as she was being returned to her natural habitat. She just had to run to catch it. Archilochus may have been typing people – but I don’t know whether a hedgehog is carnivorous.

Dc.Don Beckett
Dc.Don Beckett
Thursday, April 19, AD 2018 2:18am

The fox knows many things, for to survive has has to know the different tactics of his prey, to avoid him.
The hedgehog simply knows the big one – how to survive against a predator..
PM. Hedgehogs live mainly on snails, slugs and other insect pests – that’s why gardeners like to have hedgehogs around their gardens.

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