Famous quote of tomorrow?

[Wilson Gray]

On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 8:05 AM, Jonathan Lighter
<wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com> quoted:
> "A shocking statement carries more weight than the truth."

Well said! Though, when I re-quote it, I intend to use "assertion."

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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