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gweinberg · 2013-09-25 19:54:52

"People will take your ideas more seriously if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first."

-- Mark Twain

yedawg | karma -4 | avg karma -0.15 · | 2018-09-27 02:08:08+00:00

'Mark Twain validates my idea so it must be true' -Mark Twain

blooalien | karma 1464 | avg karma 1.52 · | 2022-12-07 12:47:06

There are actually quite a few quotes attributed to Twain (and Einstein, and Lincoln, and many famous "others") that may or may not have been said first (or at all) by the people they're attributed to. Interesting "rabbit hole" to explore for those into that sort of thing…

keithalewis | karma 104 | avg karma 0.24 · | 2023-02-25 20:19:21

"There is no royal road to logic, and really valuable ideas can only be had at the price of close attention." -- Benjamin Franklin

h0w412d | karma 63 | avg karma 1.97 · | 2016-03-20 17:01:05+00:00

"All generalizations are false, including this one." - Mark Twain

carapace | karma 9859 | avg karma 1.41 · | 2023-05-10 15:58:46

Twain: "Always do right. It will gratify some people and astonish the rest."

carapace | karma 9859 | avg karma 1.41 · | 2020-11-22 17:19:36+00:00

"Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." – Mark Twain

HWR_14 | karma 9562 | avg karma 1.81 · | 2023-03-28 12:14:12

I'm not sure what Ben Franklin quote you are referring to. While I'm sure he valued diversity of thought and discourse, I don't know of a clever phrase of his that gets often used.

lowercased | karma 2339 | avg karma 2.55 · | 2022-10-04 22:28:30

I'm not sure Mark Twain actually said all that... :)

xdennis | karma 2677 | avg karma 2.23 · | 2022-08-30 17:30:13

"Base your morality on internet quotes and don't accept that people and times change." — Mark Twain

lupusreal | karma 1626 | avg karma 1.0 · | 2024-01-18 11:12:24

Just attribute the quote to Voltaire or Franklin.

nextstep | karma 2931 | avg karma 3.97 · | 2014-02-08 05:31:30+00:00

"Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference." --Mark Twain

tombert | karma 15742 | avg karma 4.07 · | 2022-03-08 12:57:47

Similar quote by Mark Twain

> It is better to keep your mouth closed and let people think you are a fool than to open it and remove all doubt.

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uejfiweun | karma 1728 | avg karma 2.38 · | 2022-06-18 14:52:24

Ah, interesting. I just did a cursory Google search for the author of the quote and it said Mark Twain. Guess someone should file a bug for their knowledge graph team.

mr_toad | karma 5817 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2020-12-10 03:24:02+00:00

"Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience." - Mark Twain

jacobush | karma 3029 | avg karma 0.74 · | 2017-08-01 06:07:58+00:00

Don't believe all quotes on the internet - Benjamin Franklin

russell | karma 4953 | avg karma 3.08 · | 2012-02-27 19:13:29+00:00

Perhaps:

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” – Mark Twain

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8943gG4f | karma -17 | avg karma -1.55 · | 2023-02-16 10:43:44

On why only half of Americans believe this in 2023:

It's easier to fool people than it is to convince them that they have been fooled. -Mark Twain

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ScottBurson | karma 10295 | avg karma 2.77 · | 2013-09-04 18:29:27

"In the first place God made idiots. This was for practice. Then he made School Boards." -- Mark Twain

lazerwalker | karma 2520 | avg karma 4.66 · | 2016-11-20 22:06:26+00:00

"When reading a pithy observation about the state of the world, never assume the attribution is correct" -Mark Twain