I've seen people attribute quotes to Willy Wonka, when Willy Wonka was himself quoting Shakespeare.
On Fri, Feb 4, 2022 at 10:37 AM Alan Mead <am...@alanmead.org> wrote: > According to this website: > https://quoteinvestigator.com/2012/04/28/shorter-letter/ > > Twain said something remotely related but this quote is better > attributed to Pascal. However, it also says I can blame the Chicago > Tribune for the misattribution, and I am pleased to do so. > > I also have a feeling that people repeat things, so it could also have > been said by any number of people. > > Some of the quotes that are randomly sampled for my signature are > gathered from the Internet and of dubious attribution, but I happen to > have just re-read "A Wizard of Earthsea" and I can vouch for today's > quote (or something essentially the same). I forget who said it, but it > pertains to the main plot of that novel where Ged has to defeat an > antagonist described as a "shadow." > > -Alan > > > On 2/4/2022 11:12 AM, John Darrington wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 03, 2022 at 04:13:28PM -0600, Alan Mead wrote: > > > > I didn't have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one > instead. > > > > -- Mark Twain > > > > > > Do you have a reference for this quote? I have variously seen this > phrase attributed > > to Blaise Pascal, Mohandas Gandhi, Antoinne du St. Exupery and George V > - but this is > > the first time I've seen Mark Twain as the source. > > > > J' > > > > -- > > Alan D. Mead, Ph.D. > President, Talent Algorithms Inc. > > science + technology = better workers > > https://talalg.com > > > Have you never thought how danger must surround power as shadow does > light? > > -- Ursula K. Le Guin, A Wizard of Earthsea (1968) > > > >
