Andrew Jaffe: Leaves on the Line

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."

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?