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Blecht

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32. Lincoln probably said that right after he said this:

Sun Aug 12, 2012, 04:49 PM

Aug 2012

You Can’t Believe Most of the Quotes You Read On the Internet.
-Abraham Lincoln

Here's one place where the source of the quote you use is discussed: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2010/05/17/remain-silent/

No offense intended. It doesn't matter to me where it came from -- the way you used it fits perfectly.

It just bugs me when more noise is added to the already low signal-to-noise ratio for information on quotes.

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Lincoln probably said that right after he said this: Blecht Aug 2012 #32

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