𝔻𝕠𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕞𝕒𝕟🇺🇸 Fantasy author Ed Greenwood deserves credit for originating this expression. Thomas Jefferson and Victor Hugo penned pertinent remarks but the attributions to Winston Churchill are unsupported. quoteinvestigator.com/2022/03/24/ene… richardlangworth.com/quotes-churchi… winstonchurchill.org/publications/f…

bradpsychology Jonathan Swift can be credited with a similar statement, Charles Haddon Spurgeon popularised the version he employed in a sermon in 1855, but there is no substantive support for assigning the saying to Winston Churchill. quoteinvestigator.com/2014/07/13/tru… richardlangworth.com/quotatioins

Jasem Aljuraid (J.J.) | جاسم الجريّد In a Time of Universal Deceit Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act No source for this quote among Orwell's writings has been located, and the earliest published source of this phrase found dates to 1982. quoteinvestigator.com/2013/02/24/tru…

𝙍𝘼𝙅𝙀𝙎𝙃 𝙋𝘼𝙍𝙄𝙆𝙃 There is no substantive support for ascribing this quotation to Abraham Lincoln; quoteinvestigator.com/2016/04/14/adv…

ufobot Ernest Kinoy deserves credit for this quotation. It was spoken by a fictional Einstein during a teleplay broadcast in 1973. quoteinvestigator.com/2021/11/20/foo…

victor This quote can't be traced back further than the 1890s and there is no evidence of it being connected to Plato. quoteinvestigator.com/2010/06/29/be-…

Coaching U There is no evidence that Mark Twain wrote/said this, it was not attributed to him till 1997 and it would of course be unlikely for Mr. Twain to romanticise dog-fighting. marktwainstudies.com/fightinthedog/ quoteinvestigator.com/2022/09/20/siz…

The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity. W. B. Yeats The stupid are cocksure, while the intelligent are full of doubt. Bertrand Russell Bad writers tend to have the self-confidence, while ... Charles Bukowski quoteinvestigator.com/2015/03/04/sel…

Saying Origin: War consists of months of intolerable boredom interspersed with moments of extreme fear Did this saying originate during WWI or before WW1? quoteinvestigator.com/2025/08/21/war…

Quote Investigator® I'm gonna go with at least Ancient Greece, possibly Sumerian 😜

What famous investor wrote about: Trying To Be Consistently Not Stupid Instead of Trying To Be Very Intelligent quoteinvestigator.com/2025/08/25/not…

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"The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese" - the origins of this #business #quote are investigated on Quote Investigator® here: quoteinvestigator.com/2013/01/25/sec…

Wendell Berry - credit to him for the quote "We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children" per Quote Investigator®

Was the following type of joke created by Mark Twain? Chaucer is dead, Spencer is dead, so is Milton, so is Shakespeare, and I am not feeling very well myself. quoteinvestigator.com/2025/09/14/fee…

Living authors are often viewed with a mixture of suspicion and aggravation. Which two groups formulated the following harsh adage? The only good author is a dead author quoteinvestigator.com/2025/09/16/goo…

Your request from last month about an adage with two different meanings inspired the creation of a Quote Investigator article. Thanks! Jesse Sheidlower Adage origin: The only good author is a dead author quoteinvestigator.com/2025/09/16/goo…

Which famous U.S. writer penned the following remark extolling world travel? Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry and narrow-mindedness quoteinvestigator.com/2025/09/20/tra…