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"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first 4 sharpening the axe"
by r1cka 7mo ago
"Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first 4 sharpening the axe"
- bluGill 7mo ago[flagged]
- b00ty4breakfast 7mo agohello, it's me the Language Fairy. Sometimes when people use an expression to convey an idea concisely , the details of the imaginary scenario within the expression are less important than the concept being expressed (just so long as the general shape of that scenario fits the thing being discussed). To be more particular, the exact time it takes to sharpen an ax and chop down a tree are not important here.
- bluGill 7mo agopeople are so far removed from the ax that they don't realize my point. I'm sure the people Lincoln was talking to had more knowledge and so would get a different picture from the modern reader.
- phendrenad2 7mo agoI always liked "The craftsman who wishes to do his work well must first sharpen his tools" by Confucius