[Ads-l] another "reversal"

[Benjamin Barrett]

To me, the law of identity means there is no difference, but the copula 
does seem to carry some sort of causal meaning sometimes. BB

> Jonathan Lighter <mailto:wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
> April 5, 2015 at 2:05 PM
>
> In the film "Unbroken" (and don't bother), Louie is advised by his elder
> brother, who's training him as a distance runner,
>
> "A moment of pain is worth a lifetime of glory.=E2=80=9D
>
> Unless I'm crazy, he means exactly the reverse.
>

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