Lewis Carroll? Charles L. Dodgson? Ellen Terry? Anonymous? Question for Quote Investigator: Altruists believe that the following is a deep insight about life: What is truly worth doing is what we do for others. Lewis Carroll, the famous creator of “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” apparently said something like this. Would you please help me to …
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The Hurrier I Go, the Behinder I Get
Lewis Carroll? Charles L. Dodgson? Alice in Wonderland? White Rabbit? March Hare? Emmaleta Hicks? Gene Meihsner? Ed Sussdorff? Milton Berle? Truck Driver Named Bill? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: There is a family of statements about the difficulty of keeping up with a heavy workload. Here are four instances: The harder I work, the behinder I …
Even a Stopped Clock Is Right Twice a Day
Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach? Lewis Carroll? Charles L. Dodgson? Joseph Addison? Richard Steele? Diedrich Knickerbocker? Washington Irving? Albany de Grenier Fonblanque? Paulo Coelho? Anonymous? Dear Quote Investigator: An obtuse, unreliable, or incompetent person occasionally performs properly. Here are three versions of a proverb reflecting this observation: Even a stopped clock is right twice a day. A …
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