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

[Laurence Horn]

More succinctly, "Comparisons are odorous" (--Dogberry)

LH

On Jan 5, 2015, at 3:52 PM, Baker, John wrote:

> 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
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: American Dialect Society [https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://mailto:ADS-L%40LISTSERV.UGA.EDU&k=dpQisR3avULHgiNaNeY%2Btg%3D%3D%0A&r=MW6Q85EuQFDFs0kj9ASwdaXohusE833r9bFEf66m5kA%3D%0A&m=NovoDGmwGNqFNFiz9oC%2FCsdLjpUdcQGTOaWOIJN8gbI%3D%0A&s=86e166fccf0634cf122b5cfd806586bd3172eb1eeb4277ff3499942e973705f5] On Behalf Of Benjamin Torbert
> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2015 3:03 PM
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> 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
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.americandialect.org/&k=dpQisR3avULHgiNaNeY%2Btg%3D%3D%0A&r=MW6Q85EuQFDFs0kj9ASwdaXohusE833r9bFEf66m5kA%3D%0A&m=NovoDGmwGNqFNFiz9oC%2FCsdLjpUdcQGTOaWOIJN8gbI%3D%0A&s=2b5b5b9c0cb95ea712300d56b7045fab5199e44d358baca1f8419be43ab71831
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> The American Dialect Society - https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v1/url?u=http://www.americandialect.org/&k=dpQisR3avULHgiNaNeY%2Btg%3D%3D%0A&r=MW6Q85EuQFDFs0kj9ASwdaXohusE833r9bFEf66m5kA%3D%0A&m=NovoDGmwGNqFNFiz9oC%2FCsdLjpUdcQGTOaWOIJN8gbI%3D%0A&s=2b5b5b9c0cb95ea712300d56b7045fab5199e44d358baca1f8419be43ab71831

------------------------------------------------------------
The American Dialect Society - http://www.americandialect.org