Live Dragons/Sleeping Dragons

[dir.crl at attcanada.ca]

No: HPFGUIDX 10366

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, John Walton <john at w...> wrote:
> I found out an interesting Fact today (yep, it was interesting 
enough to
> merit a Capital Letter!). I have a feeling that "Draco Dormiens 
Nunquam
> Titillandus" (Never tickle sleeping dragons) is a direct prod at 
The Hobbit:
> in Chapter 12, there's a quote:
> 
> "Never laugh at live dragons".
> 
> Could (a) someone translate that into Latin and (b) someone with a 
Hobbit to
> hand (doesn't THAT sound dodgy?) provide a bit of context? A couple 
of
> quoted paragraphs would be fantastic.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> --John
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> John Walton                 john at w...
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> "Con-ser-va-tive, n. A statesman who is enamoured of existing 
evils, as
> distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with 
others."
> --Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary", 1842-c.1914
> 
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