The inscription on this beautiful thousand-year old plate in the Louvre reads, “The taste of science is bitter at first, but in the end sweeter than honey.”
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My apologies for the bad translation — I don’t read Arabic so I had to translate from the French: “La science, son goût est amer au début, mais à la fin plus doux que le miel.” Apologies also for the bad photograph, thanks to my camera-phone. Does anyone know of a better picture?
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For a better picture, have a look on the Louvre’s website:
http://www.louvre.fr/llv/oeuvres/detail_notice.jsp?CONTENT%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673225208&CURRENT_LLV_NOTICE%3C%3Ecnt_id=10134198673225208&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=9852723696500781&fromDept=true&baseIndex=9