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

[Baker, John]

Some sources credit the contemporary Christian writer Dwight Edwards, which seems much more plausible.  I don't immediately see any examples that are more than five years old, so Roosevelt and Twain seem unlikely.


John Baker


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Subject: "Comparison is the thief of joy"

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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