It's a drag having a trash-bin of a memory that falls far short of perfect recall. Right now, I am obsessing over trying to locate the exact quote and the person who said it.
What I recall is this. Someone (Mark Twain?) was asked to comment on the death of someone they'd long been at odds with. Instead of replying with the usual "well, we might have disagreed, but...", the reply was something along these lines: "My long-time opponent has finally made a decision I approve of."
Or something like this...
Anyone familiar with this?
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My favorite (although misattributed) Mark Twain quote: "There are three kinds of lies - lies, damned lies and statistics." Actually stated by Benjamin Disraeli but quoted in Twain's autobiography.
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Kristine's is more appropriate for the private communication I did earlier. Somehow that quote doesn't seem quite as harsh. Close call, though.
(Proving I am *not* a nice person, this was about a real person who I had no nice words for when he was alive. A "public" figure in my specialized battle realm. I won't make any comments publicly, since I don't want to be a hypocrite or sound brutal and insensitive - no matter how true the latter is.)
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In retrospect, it's not surprising that Twain had a quote I would want in this situation. He was talented, but never known for being particularly tactful or nice. Posts: 4344 | Registered: Mar 2003
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