This Day in Quotes
The famous quotations and phrases linked to each day of the year
October 01, 2022
“Well, all I know is what I read in the papers.”
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The most famous line used by American humorist Will Rogers when he poked fun at the latest antics of politicians or commented on other ...
September 19, 2022
“No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.”
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In many books of quotations and on thousands of websites H.L. Mencken is credited with the famous quote “No one ever went broke underesti...
September 01, 2022
“We must love one another or die.”
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September 1, 1939 is now known as the day when World War II started . On that day, Germany’s Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler ordered...
August 16, 2022
The story behind the phrase “The Year of Living Dangerously”
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Google has a cool tool for researchers of words and phrases (including quotations) called the Ngram Viewer . It graphs the occurrence...
August 13, 2022
“No man is a hero to his valet” – the backstory on a famous proverb and misquote...
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Charlotte Aïssé (1693-1733) was quite a celebrity in France in the early 18th Century — part heroine, part sex symbol, part intel...
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