Also: Old Russians never die, they just Chekhov. I picked up a poster
with this quip at some conference many (many!) years ago; when I
posted it on the departmental bulletin board, some wag penciled in at
the bottom: "Andropov".


Earl Sampson


On 3Aug2006, at 3:01 PM, Nabokv-L wrote:


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<fixed>With all the eagerly helpful people on this list, you surely

have a sound answer now, wherein most will attribute this to

the late General Douglas MacArthur (spell, please,DN?), who

in one of his "farewell" addresses emitted, "Old soldiers

never die, the just (bzw "only") fade away."  Actually he

was, in fact quoting:  I first ran across this in a book I

read in early 1935 with the title, "Old Soldier Sahib".

That would probably indicate a British source.l


Among the many variations that I have heard since the

General's well know use, is, "Old bikers (i.e. motorcycle

riders) never die:  they just get recycled."


By the way, it should be easy to verify my quote via

interlibrary loan, if I am challenged.


                John



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