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minus-squareAtelopus-zeteki@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 hours agoI wasn’t aware of the Russian origin of the axiom. And it’s been quoted to me, and I use “trust and verify.” I see from wikipedia that it’s a Russian proverb in Russian: доверяй, но проверяй, romanized: doveryay, no proveryay. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust,_but_verify I guess I’m neither a good Russian, nor a good Reaganite. Not in the least bit surprised to know this about myself.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tealinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 hours agoI’m neither Russian nor a big fan of Reagan, but I do like the proverb.
I wasn’t aware of the Russian origin of the axiom. And it’s been quoted to me, and I use “trust and verify.” I see from wikipedia that it’s a Russian proverb in Russian: доверяй, но проверяй, romanized: doveryay, no proveryay.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trust,_but_verify
I guess I’m neither a good Russian, nor a good Reaganite. Not in the least bit surprised to know this about myself.
I’m neither Russian nor a big fan of Reagan, but I do like the proverb.