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mac56

(17,564 posts) Thu May 18, 2017, 09:52 AM May 2017

Credited to Mark Twain

"I’ve never wished a man dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure."

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Credited to Mark Twain (Original Post) mac56 May 2017 OP

credited (apocryphal) to Bette Davis... alterfurz May 2017 #1

I love that quote, whether true or not. fleur-de-lisa May 2017 #2

Traditionally attributed to ... eppur_se_muova May 2017 #3

alterfurz

(2,469 posts)

1. credited (apocryphal) to Bette Davis...

Reply to mac56 (Original post)

Thu May 18, 2017, 10:19 AM

May 2017

...on hearing of the death of long-time nemesis Joan Crawford: "You should never say bad things about the dead, you should only say good…Joan Crawford is dead. Good."

fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)

2. I love that quote, whether true or not.

Reply to alterfurz (Reply #1)

Thu May 18, 2017, 10:26 AM

May 2017

Bette Davis was awesome!

eppur_se_muova

(36,246 posts)

3. Traditionally attributed to ...

Reply to fleur-de-lisa (Reply #2)

Fri May 19, 2017, 01:17 AM

May 2017

https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Moms_Mabley

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