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By: Red S

Red S — Thu, 08 May 2008 20:26:47 +0000

http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/List_of_misquotations

By: Wing Half

Wing Half — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:23:11 +0000

It`s a great quote, isn`t it? When I was working, someone passed it round surreptitiously. It exactly summed up what was going on there.

Do you know the alleged correct attribution, Red S?

What`s the Scythian connection, WMC?

I`m proud to be a contributor to such an erudite site!

By: weltmeisterclaude

weltmeisterclaude — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:40:43 +0000

Hurray! I’m very happy about this. I like the idea of excellent Roman quotes being rediscovered here.

PS If anyone knows anything about the Scythians please pipe up!

By: Red S

Red S — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:26:56 +0000

GOT IT thanks for your help - Craven Cottage Newsround has achieved what hundreds on a site called Quoteland could not - even if it is a misquoted quote it is still great and so applicable to so many situations today:

We trained hard . . . but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.
Usually misattributed to Petronius Arbiter (AD 27-66)