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Either Write Things Worth Reading or Do Things Worth the Writing
Benjamin Franklin? Thomas Fuller? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: If you wish to be remembered by posterity in a literate culture you have two options: 1) Write something that people wish to read....
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They Which Play with the Devils Rattles, Will Be Brought by Degrees to Wield...
Buckminster Fuller? Thomas Fuller? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: The prominent inventor and author Buckminster Fuller has been linked to an uncharacteristic quotation: Those who play with the...
View ArticleIf You Don’t Read the Newspaper You Are Uninformed, If You Do Read the...
Mark Twain? Thomas Jefferson? Thomas Fuller? Orville Hubbard? Ezra Taft Benson? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: A cynical attitude toward the media is widespread today, but this is not a new...
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The Early Bird Catcheth the Worme
William Camden? Thomas Fuller? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: People who enjoy waking up early in the morning and going to work cite the following adage: The early bird gets the worm. Would you...
View ArticleA Stumble Is Not a Fall
Malcolm X? Oprah Winfrey? Haitian Proverb? Portuguese Proverb? Henry Rich? Thomas Fuller? Thomas Dunn English? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: While pursuing an objective one may make errors and...
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Whoever First Ate an Oyster Was a Brave Soul
Jonathan Swift? Benjamin Franklin? Shirley Chisholm? Thomas Moffett? John Ward? King James I of England? Thomas Fuller? John Gay? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: During a commencement address I...
View ArticleLove, Anger, Sorrow, and a Cough Cannot Be Hid
Dorothy L. Sayers? George Eliot? Thomas Fuller? George Herbert? George Latimer Apperson? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: The ongoing pandemic reminded me of an eccentric proverb I once heard: Love...
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It Is Better To Deserve Honors and Not Have Them Than To Have Them and Not...
Mark Twain? Humphry Davy? Robert G. Ingersoll? Cato the Elder? Hugh M‘Neile? Cassius Marcellus Clay? Thomas Fuller? Question for Quote Investigator: A person of great merit may not receive any...
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