https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:14:05 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.3 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 https://wist.info/twain-mark/25666/ https://wist.info/twain-mark/25666/#comments Thu, 05 Jun 2014 14:50:56 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=25666 Never argue with a fool; onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) American writer [pseud. of Samuel Clemens]
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Frequently attributed to Twain and also to Immanuel Kant (but never, in either case, with any citation). The phrase first makes recognizable (if anonymous) appearance in the late 19th Century; attributions to Twain begin in the late 1990s. See also Proverbs 26:4. For more discussion (and a shout-out to WIST) see here. ]]> https://wist.info/twain-mark/25666/feed/ 4 25666