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Quote hunting help
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2025 2:02 am
by Jack3
'Suppose you read in the newspapers that your enemy did something wrong. Then you read a correction later, that it wasn't him. How would this make you feel?"
Not the exact words but the meaning is the same. I think it was by CS Lewis.
Does anyone know where it is from?
Re: Quote hunting help
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2025 2:11 am
by Jack3
Re: Quote hunting help
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2025 5:44 pm
by Obi-Wan Kenobi
You can't trust goodreads--it has lots of fake "quotes"--but this one is authentic.
Re: Quote hunting help
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2025 6:07 pm
by anawim
Obi-Wan Kenobi wrote: ↑Sun Sep 21, 2025 5:44 pm
You can't trust goodreads--it has lots of fake "quotes"--but this one is authentic.
I usually use Quote Investigator. Are there any others that you use?
Re: Quote hunting help
Posted: Sun Sep 21, 2025 7:13 pm
by Obi-Wan Kenobi
Fauxtations?
QI is helpful, if they've covered it. Wikiquote is also helpful.