[Ads-l] Quote: I really don ’t mind what people do, so long as they don’ =?UTF-8?Q?t_?=do it in the street and frighten the horses.

[ADSGarson O'Toole]

The Quote investigator website now has an article about the saying in
the subject line.

https://quoteinvestigator.com/2019/10/08/frighten

There is an interesting instance about cigarette smoking in 1910.

[Begin acknowledgement]
Great thanks to anonymous person whose inquiry led QI to formulate
this question and perform this exploration. Additional thanks to Fred
Shapiro who listed the 1910 citation and the 1961 Campbell attribution
in "The Yale Book of Quotations". Further thanks to Barry Popik who
listed the 1929 citation and more at barrypopik.com. Also, thanks to
Nigel Rees who listed the 1964 Campbell attribution and the 1964 Behan
citation in "Cassell's Humorous Quotations".
[End acknowledgement]

Garson

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