[Ads-l] fake Lincoln quote

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Sat Jul 29 00:26:09 UTC 2017


> delaying the onset

Glad to help, Wilson!

You may soon have to return the favor!

JL

On Fri, Jul 28, 2017 at 7:46 PM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 8:44 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > No, no. The correct quote is,
> >
> > "The enemy of my friend's enemy is neither the enemy of my friend nor the
> > friend of my friend's enemy - but he may be either the friend or the
> enemy
> > of my own enemy."
> >
> > JL
> >
> > --
> > "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the
> truth."
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------
> > The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
> >
>
> Hmm.. I see that, now that you've pointed it out.
>
> BTW, thanks for the help in delaying the onset of old-timer's disease.
>
> --
> -Wilson
> -----
> 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
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org
>



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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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