Post by account_disabled on Jan 6, 2024 7:04:09 GMT
One of the worst places to look for quotes is Goodreads. The Internet in general is actually one of the worst places to look for the right quote for us. I tried to look for some on that site and both in English and Italian I found different versions of the same quote . This made me suspicious. If a historical figure wrote or spoke a sentence, that sentence is unique, at most it will present slight differences when translated from one language to another. But this could be the lesser evil - I say "could" because an author must take care of his work in every detail, therefore document himself well and above all verify the sources he draws on. The real problem is when you find non-existent citations . Yes, phrases and aphorisms that never belonged to a character.
Who said that? Dead characters don't write aphorisms I don't know who started it. Putting phrases that aren't his own into the mouth of a deceased person is easy, after all, because he certainly won't be able to come back to life to deny them. In some cases it wasn't even intentional, I think, maybe it was an oversight, a misunderstanding. The problem Special Data with the web is the unthinkable speed at which news spreads, even fake news. A lie and incorrect information spread like an oil slick in an ocean and pollute history. But let's give some examples that give a good idea. Do you remember Gandhi's phrase? Be the change you want to see in the world. Well, Gandhi never said that phrase (source: Falser Words Were Never Spoken by Brian Morton, The New York Times). What Gandhi actually said was something else: If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change.
As a man changes his own nature of him, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. … We need not wait to see what others do. Okay, the aphorism they attribute to him may sound like a surrogate for this passage. But they are not his words. Do you remember Darwin's thoughts on evolution? It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Well, Darwin never wrote those words . The original text of his work Origin of Species is available online and you will not find that aphorism in that work (source: Six things Darwin never said – and one he did , Darwin Correspondence Project). Some time ago I needed that quote and, seeing various versions of it, I looked for it in the work from which it is claimed to be taken, but couldn't find it. The quote is personal It was at that point that I decided to never use quotes chosen by others . A quote is personal: it is a thought that struck us, that left something inside us, that we will never forget.
Who said that? Dead characters don't write aphorisms I don't know who started it. Putting phrases that aren't his own into the mouth of a deceased person is easy, after all, because he certainly won't be able to come back to life to deny them. In some cases it wasn't even intentional, I think, maybe it was an oversight, a misunderstanding. The problem Special Data with the web is the unthinkable speed at which news spreads, even fake news. A lie and incorrect information spread like an oil slick in an ocean and pollute history. But let's give some examples that give a good idea. Do you remember Gandhi's phrase? Be the change you want to see in the world. Well, Gandhi never said that phrase (source: Falser Words Were Never Spoken by Brian Morton, The New York Times). What Gandhi actually said was something else: If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change.
As a man changes his own nature of him, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. … We need not wait to see what others do. Okay, the aphorism they attribute to him may sound like a surrogate for this passage. But they are not his words. Do you remember Darwin's thoughts on evolution? It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. Well, Darwin never wrote those words . The original text of his work Origin of Species is available online and you will not find that aphorism in that work (source: Six things Darwin never said – and one he did , Darwin Correspondence Project). Some time ago I needed that quote and, seeing various versions of it, I looked for it in the work from which it is claimed to be taken, but couldn't find it. The quote is personal It was at that point that I decided to never use quotes chosen by others . A quote is personal: it is a thought that struck us, that left something inside us, that we will never forget.