The database was compiled by Barbara Schmidt, a 2017 Mark Twain Journal Legacy Scholar and author at the Center for Mark Twain Studies. Because, as Mark Twain didn’t actually say (though the anonymous quote is often attributed to him), “It ain’t what you don’t know that gets you into trouble. It's what you know for sure that just ain't ...
Mark Twain said a ton of fun things that have made a bunch of people smile. For example, he once said, “I have been an author for twenty years and an ass for fifty-five.” He also said, “Classic—a book which people praise and don’t read.” These are both very relatable even though I am neither an author nor fifty-five-years-old.
There are in fact many quotes that match more closely the quote above. But of course none of them is from Mark Twain. Pascal in 1657 has apparently written that “I have made this longer than usual because I have not time to make it shorter.” John Locke too – “I am now too lazy, or too busy to make it shorter.”
More Articles About Mark Twain: Apparently, many of the misquoted versions stem from a Mark Twain biography by Albert Bigelow Paine published in 1912, two years after Twain’s actual death.
Mark Twain remains the most frequently quoted American author, which means he is also the most frequently misquoted author.We see these misattributed quotes on Facebook, in blogs and tweets, and even in print.Dozens of quote sites on the Internet continue to post them despite noble attempts to set the record straight.
The origin of the more familiar misquote versions of Twain’s response seems to be the popular biography of Twain written by Albert Bigelow Paine. Paine’s book was published in 1912, two years after Twain’s death. It includes what is apparently Paine’s own embellished variation of the story about Twain’s death quip.
Mark Twain; Misquote: The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Note: This paraphrase or misquote may be more popular than the original. A round man cannot be expected to fit in a square hole right away. He must have time to modify his shape. ... Mark Twain in eruption: hitherto unpublished pages about men and events, 1940, Mark Twain ...
“Mark Twain in eruption: hitherto unpublished pages about men and events”, Harper & Brothers 67 Copy quote. To be great, truly great, you have to be the kind of person who makes the others around you great. Mark Twain. Kind, Persons. 580 Copy quote.
Before we get to the funny stuff, a note about accuracy: There’s something you should know about Mark Twain: he’s misquoted. A lot. I live in Connecticut, the home of the Mark Twain House, so I thought they might be a good source of accurate Twain quotes. ... —Mark Twain in Eruption I have been an author for 20 years and an ass for 55.
Twain Misquote Misinformed 2 · Sun, Nov 4, 2007 – 26 · The Town Talk (Alexandria, Louisiana) · Newspapers.com. Twain Misquote Misinformed · Sun, Oct 18, 2009 – Page B004 · The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, New Mexico) · Newspapers.com. The aphorism made the leap to social media soon thereafter:
Although Mark Twain never said, “The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco,” he did say, “If you don’t like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes.” I ...
Commonly attributed to Mark Twain, that quotation instead appears to be a descendant of a line published centuries ago by the satirist Jonathan Swift. ... which was then misquoted in the 1971 ...
History » Podcast Episodes » #117: Misattributed Quotes—No, Mark Twain Didn’t Say That. Loading... Thomas Jefferson once said you can’t believe everything you read on the Internet. With those extremely true words in mind, let’s look at other quotes that are widely believed to be authentic but totally false.
The name Mark Twain is a pseudonym of Samuel Langhorne Clemens. Clemens was an American humorist, journalist, lecturer, and novelist who acquired international fame for his travel narratives ...
“Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.37, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. Give an Irishman lager for a month and he's a dead man. An Irishman's stomach is lined with copper, and the beer corrodes it. But whiskey polishes the copper and is the saving of him.
Lauren Michele Jackson reviews “Mark Twain,” by Ron Chernow, a biography of the author of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” and “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.”
“Mark Twain on Common Sense: Timeless Advice and Words of Wisdom from America's Most-Revered Humorist”, p.13, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc. When in doubt tell the truth. Mark Twain. Life, Truth, Honesty. Following the Equator ch. 2, "Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar" (1897) It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three ...
