Aeschylus, G.B. Shaw at it again

[Jonathan Lighter]

Fred means the one about teaching a pig to sing.

JL

On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu>wrote:

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> The "pig" quote is in the Yale Book of Quotations, under Robert A.
> Heinlein.
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> Fred Shapiro
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> According to Simon van Booy, ed, _Why Do We Fight?_ (N.Y.: Harper
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> 2010), the Greek dramatist Aeschylus wrote the immortal words, "In war,
> truth is the first casualty."
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> The same work improbably attributes the following to George Bernard Shaw
> (as
> do thousands of websites): "I learned long ago, never wrestle with a pig;
> you get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it."
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> The latter ought to be in YBQ, attributed perhaps to "Anonymous," but it
> isn't.
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> JL
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