Did Mark Twain Say “The Two Most Important Days in Your Life”?
Twain attracts more misattributions than almost any writer. This line is not in his books. What a search of his collected works shows, and...
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Famous lines checked against the books they are credited to. Many of the most-shared literary quotes online are not in the works they are attributed to. Each check searches the author’s full text, quotes what they really wrote, and says plainly what can and cannot be proven about where a line came from.
Did Oscar Wilde Say “Be Yourself; Everyone Else Is Already Taken”?
It is the most-shared Wilde line online, and it does not appear in his published works. How we checked, what Wilde actually wrote about...
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Did Frederick Douglass Say “Once You Learn to Read, You Will Be Forever Free”?
The line is on library walls and classroom posters. It is not in Douglass's Narrative. What he really wrote about learning to read, quoted...
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Did Kahlil Gibran Write “Do Not Live Half a Life”?
The poem is shared everywhere under Gibran's name and often credited to The Prophet. It is not in The Prophet. What the 1923 text...
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