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From: aep@abic.UUCP (Alex Pensky)
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Subject: Re: The Wrath of Sherlock Holmes
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Date: Sun, 22-Dec-85 18:16:19 EST
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> >In _Young Sherlock Holmes_, Holmes brings up that infamous Klingon
> >proverb, "Revenge is best served cold, Watson."  
> 
> Maybe Steven Spielberg is a closet trekkie! :-)

The line from the movie would seem quite humorous if one assumed Holmes
was quoting a Klingon.  But Holmes actually said it a long time ago and
the Klingon was quoting Holmes, not the other way around.  The quote is
"Revenge is a dish best served cold," and for all I know it did not even
originate with Conan Doyle but might be an old proverb or a quote from an
earlier author.  (If anyone knows the exact origin of the quote, please
post.)