Package: fortunes-min
Version: 1:1.99.1-2
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Found a misattributed quotation.
See attached .diffs of:
/usr/share/games/fortunes/literature.u8
/usr/share/games/fortunes/literature
(Note: these also correct the spelling and punctuation to match a
1902 "Lake's English Classics" edition of 'Marmion'.)
Web sources:
5136. Sir Walter Scott. 1771-1832. John Bartlett, comp.
1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.
http://www.bartleby.com/100/338.25.html
QUOTES MISTAKENLY ATTRIBUTED TO SHAKESPEARE
http://www.shakespeare-online.com/faq/misquotesfaq.html
This misquote is probably in the big fortunes package too.
Hope this helps...
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--- /usr/share/games/fortunes/literature.u8 2005-02-21 17:58:01.000000000
-0500
+++ literature.u8 2005-10-28 03:10:13.000000000 -0400
@@ -654,8 +654,8 @@
-- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
%
-Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.
- -- Shakespeare
+O, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!
+ -- Sir Walter Scott, "Marmion"
%
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has
only nine lives.
--- /usr/share/games/fortunes/literature 2005-02-21 17:58:01.000000000
-0500
+++ literature 2005-10-28 03:09:48.000000000 -0400
@@ -654,8 +654,8 @@
-- Mark Twain, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar"
%
-Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive.
- -- Shakespeare
+O, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive!
+ -- Sir Walter Scott, "Marmion"
%
One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has
only nine lives.
