TIL Mark Twain didn't say "History Does Not Repeat Itself, But It Rhymes"

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/01/12/history-rhymes/

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actionjbone@sh.itjust.works · 43 pts · 305d (1 reply)

You can't believe everything you've heard on the internet. Just like Abe Lincoln said.

itkovian@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 305d

What is internet??

Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world · 25 pts · 305d

Just wait until you learn how the free exchange of information and ideas has led billions to believe all sorts of nonsense.

FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io · 21 pts · 304d

TIL people thought Mark Twain said that.

Kolanaki@pawb.social · 10 pts · 304d (1 reply)

And Colonel Sanders never actually said "I'm too drunk to taste this chicken."

gramie@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 304d

But he did say something like, "after I sold my restaurants to a corporation, the chicken tastes like shit".

otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 305d (3 replies)

True, that was Abraham Lincoln.

FartsWithAnAccent@fedia.io · 6 pts · 304d (2 replies)

I heard it was Michael Scott.

GladiusB@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 304d (1 reply)

Wayne Gretzky

otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 303d

Oh, yeah! It was from that one Wheaties commercial, right?

elevenbones@piefed.social · 6 pts · 304d

But he did say:
"What's the difference between ignorance and apathy?
I don't know and I dont care!"
...Or at least I'm pretty sure that was him.

FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 304d

Many famous phrases and quotes are misunderstandings or fabricated. It's interesting to read about it.

TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 305d (3 replies)

In fact, nobody has ever said anything.

Akasazh@feddit.nl · 3 pts · 304d (1 reply)

Says who?

vateso5074@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 304d
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everett@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 305d

Can confirm.

Grass@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 304d

she keeps moet et chandon in her pretty cabinet
"let them eat cake" she says just like marie antoinette