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Misquotation Is, In Fact, The Pride And Privilege Of The Learned.
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Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of
the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately,
for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.
-- Hesketh Pearson (1887-1964)
-- Common Misquotations (1934) introduction
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Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted. -- Hesketh Pearso
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To see the sights I'm never going to visit....
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-- John Kenneth Galbraith...
POW: the Perfectly Obvious Way to read your mail!
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd
indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more likely to be foolish than sensible....
The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence that it is not utterly absurd
indeed, in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind, a widespread belief is more often likely to be foolish than sensible....