Lost in a good book
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pjthompsonRandom quote of the day:
“A person who won’t read good books has no advantage over one who can’t read."
—attributed to Mark Twain
Here's what twainquotes.com (a wonderful scholarly site) has to say about this quote:
In Nice Guys Finish Seventh, (1992) by Ralph Keyes: "Abby Van Buren once made this observation in her advice column. A reader said she should have credited the thought to Mark Twain. Abby apologized, explaining that she genuinely thought the idea was her own. Perhaps it was. Although this saying is often attributed to Twain, no one has ever confirmed that he said it" (p. 111).
However, this quote has been found in a December 31, 1914 edition of The State (Columbia, S.C.) which gave the source as the Inland Steel Company, Safety Bulletin No. 10. This places it much earlier than "Dear Abby," but still with no acceptable confirmation of source.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
“A person who won’t read good books has no advantage over one who can’t read."
—attributed to Mark Twain
Here's what twainquotes.com (a wonderful scholarly site) has to say about this quote:
In Nice Guys Finish Seventh, (1992) by Ralph Keyes: "Abby Van Buren once made this observation in her advice column. A reader said she should have credited the thought to Mark Twain. Abby apologized, explaining that she genuinely thought the idea was her own. Perhaps it was. Although this saying is often attributed to Twain, no one has ever confirmed that he said it" (p. 111).
However, this quote has been found in a December 31, 1914 edition of The State (Columbia, S.C.) which gave the source as the Inland Steel Company, Safety Bulletin No. 10. This places it much earlier than "Dear Abby," but still with no acceptable confirmation of source.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
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