# looking for a quote

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-quote/237272>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 30, 2004, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-quote/237272 "2004-03-30T07:54:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![river](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@river](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/river)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-quote/237272/1 "2004-03-30T07:54:21Z")

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first, i apologize - i really had no clue where to put this thread & finally settled on this forum because it’s related to literature (i guess?)

i once read a quote, supposedly by mark twain but it could have been a miscredit; the general gist of it is that ‘only fools quote’. i need the longer actual version of the quote to quote it. anyone know what i’m talking about?

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**Author:** ![TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tellmei_mnotcrazy/32/3419_2.png) [@TellMeI\_mNotCrazy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TellMeI_mNotCrazy)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2004, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-quote/237272/2 "2004-03-30T15:17:41Z")

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Wise men say wise things, fools quote them.

Maybe?

[Listed as anonymous.](http://dbowser.bowser.com/quotes2.htm)

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**Author:** ![river](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/76d3ee/32.png) [@river](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/river)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2004, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-quote/237272/3 "2004-03-31T15:55:04Z")

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> [@TellMeI'mNotCrazy](#):
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> Wise men say wise things, fools quote them.
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> Maybe?
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> [Listed as anonymous.](http://dbowser.bowser.com/quotes2.htm)

good enough for me, thank you so much! 🙂