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To: SErtelt
But for Malta, Doug?

["What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul, . . . But for Wales, Richard?" (Thomas More in Robert Bolt's A Man for All Season when he realized that Richard Rich's perjury was going to cost him [More] his life.)]

13 posted on 07/02/2009 2:10:06 PM PDT by Houghton M.
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To: Houghton M.; EDINVA; stop_fascism
Clearly everyone here is well-read!

(I would write 50 times, 'I will read the entire thread before posting', but apparently nobody else did either!)

20 posted on 07/02/2009 2:31:02 PM PDT by AnAmericanMother (Ministrix of ye Chasse, TTGC Ladies' Auxiliary (recess appointment))
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To: Houghton M.
Imho, A Man for All Seasons is one of the very best movies ever made, and your comparison is most apt.
37 posted on 07/02/2009 3:51:34 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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