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Half the truth: verifying quotes

29 December 2013, 12:13 pm

A very nice research job by Politifact’s Steve Contorno and the APS’s Roy Goodman, detailed in this Politifact article: congratulations to all.

Some Non-Bogus Quotes

  • An Ounce of Prevention is worth a Pound of Cure: both this 1735 article and a 1750 letter.

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  • Familiar (Mis)Quotations by a kindred soul at Johns Hopkins.
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