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Re: Our Monday evening Chat/Film Viewing: "Charlie Chan in City in Darkness"

Dear Rush, humble apologies for not being there yesterday (again), but wanted to mention a little factoid regarding your quote from this weeks feature:

"Confucius has said, "A wise man question himself, a fool others."

The quote was taken from one of the novels, but reversed. Here's the quote from Behind That Curtain, 1928, Chapter 16. It was spoke by Charlie in response to Captain Flannery (to pacify him), after he chastises Charlie and Ms. Morrow (Deputy DA) warning Charlie he's just an observer and better not be questioning any of the suspects!

"The fool questions others, the wise man questions himself".

T.Y.S.M.
Lou