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minus-squareniktemadur@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up50·7 days agoPlot twist: there is no direct evidence that Twain ever said such a quote. Which is very fitting for this meme, its’ very point itself.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 days ago‘Can we reach quoteceotion by Twain quoting Churchill?’ Einstein
minus-squarearotrios@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·7 days agoYou found the Easter Egg. I hearby dub thee, @niktemadur@lemmy.world…
minus-squarepotoo22@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·edit-27 days ago… Fuck. Fine, I’ll look it up. … … … Okay, he didn’t use those exact words, but he said “How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!”. Source: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/12/23/fooled/#180a2d81-ad60-4996-9c9a-3b9cd697903c Which cites https://books.google.com/books?id=Q6c2AQAAMAAJ&q="believe+a+lie"#v=snippet&q="believe a lie"&f=false
minus-squarelugal@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·7 days agoWow, I expected it to be totally fake like most quotes on the internet but I 5d-chessed you into looking it up for me. Thanks!
Plot twist: there is no direct evidence that Twain ever said such a quote. Which is very fitting for this meme, its’ very point itself.
‘Can we reach quoteceotion by Twain quoting Churchill?’
You found the Easter Egg.
I hearby dub thee, @niktemadur@lemmy.world…
I’m convinced that you tried to fool me
… Fuck. Fine, I’ll look it up.
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Okay, he didn’t use those exact words, but he said “How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!”.
Source: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/12/23/fooled/#180a2d81-ad60-4996-9c9a-3b9cd697903c
Which cites https://books.google.com/books?id=Q6c2AQAAMAAJ&q="believe+a+lie"#v=snippet&q="believe a lie"&f=false
Wow, I expected it to be totally fake like most quotes on the internet but I 5d-chessed you into looking it up for me. Thanks!
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