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Issues with Quotes > Mark Twain misattribution

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message 1: by Darrell (new)

Nov 02, 2020 08:52AM

Darrell McCauley (darrellmccauley) | 38 comments

“The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me.”

I don't think that this quote is from Mark Twain. I don't find it when searching A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. I believe it should be correctly attributed to George Bernard Shaw Man and Superman. I found it in that work.

So I think that this link should be deleted:
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8506...

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message 2: by Emily (last edited Nov 02, 2020 04:46PM) (new)

Nov 02, 2020 04:28PM

I've found the same information.
I merged the real quote with that one and another one that I found.

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