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September 20, 2012
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"Almost everything gets attributed to Oscar Wilde eventually."

— Antiquary, Literature Network Forums
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May 07, 2011
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"Twain never said it. The quote is actually ‘I have never killed any one, but I have read some obituary notices with great satisfaction.’ It was written by Clarence Darrow, attorney in the Scopes monkey trials, in his autobiography ‘The Story of My Life.’"

— Tweeting Twain Quotes That Never Were, regarding the recently popular pseudo-Twain quote “I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” (via nickdouglas)

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April 13, 2011
"Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves."

— Bertrand Russell, The Conquest of Happiness

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