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2012 / History Politics Quote of the Day
Posted by Brendan Kiley on Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 9:39 AM
... and a good one for the final stretch of any election cycle, from Saint Bonaventure: "Exemplum de simia, quae, quanto plus ascendit, tanto plus apparent posteriora eius."
Or: "An example from the monkey: The higher it climbs, the more you can see of its behind."
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Axelrod used it to mock Gingrich's attacks on Obama a couple years ago, I believe. One of those remarks the right had best not try slinging back in the president's direction.
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They have an aphorism in Japan about fools who make fun of foolish behavior or other mockery: monkeys laughing at the butts of other monkeys. "Saru no shiri warai" [the laughing of monkeys at (the) buttocks (of others)]
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