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In French, there's a saying: "la nuit porte conseil". Roughly translates to "the night advises", and it means it might be better to sleep on it. I recall my fa
by MITSardine 5mo ago
In French, there's a saying: "la nuit porte conseil". Roughly translates to "the night advises", and it means it might be better to sleep on it.
I recall my father (also a mathematician, incidentally) often repeating this to me.
- toyg 5mo agoLiterally the same in Italian, la notte porta consiglio. It's in the Bible, in nocte consilium from the Book of Proverbs, but it's likely to pre-date even that by centuries.
- 8note 5mo agoim english, there's "sleep on it"
- narag 5mo agoIn Spanish "consultar con la almohada" (consult with the pillow)
- lesostep 5mo agoBulgarian "утрото е по-мъдро от вечерта" (Morning is wiser then evening)