[Ads-l] "Comparison is the thief of joy"

Benjamin Torbert btorbert at GMAIL.COM
Mon Jan 5 20:03:05 UTC 2015


Question for the ante-dating ninjas:

A student has asked me who said this.  He wants to pin it on Theodore
Roosevelt, but I've heard it attributed to (of course) Mark Twain.

Does anyone know what the real deal is?

Thanks
BT

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