Mike, Jerry, thanks for the kind words and you are welcome.
One of my favorite things on the internet is the plethora of quotes available.
There is even extensive research on the attributions of quotes. Many are attributed to famous people yet there is no record of them saying such words.
One common quote is attributed to Abraham Lincoln:
There is no real connection other than some politicians used it in a speech and one may have attributed to Lincoln to add provenance.You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
It may have come from something much earlier:
This information was found at > https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/12/11/cannot-fool/… ont pϋ tromper quelques hommes, ou les tromper tous dans certains lieux & en certains tems, mais non pas tous les hommes, dans tous les lieux & dans tous les siιcles.
The spelling “tems” was used in the original text instead of “temps”. Here is one possible translation into English: 2
One can fool some men, or fool all men in some places and times, but one cannot fool all men in all places and ages.
This appeared in a popular 1684 work of apologetics titled: “Traitι de la Vιritι de la Religion Chrιtienne” by Jacques Abbadie who was a French Protestant based in Germany, England, and Ireland.
To me this kind of research is interesting.
jtk
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
I have a cynical version of "Lincoln's" quote for you Jim.
You can fool all of the people some of the time and some of the people all of the time.....and that's usually sufficient.
Dave Anderson
Chester, NH
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."
- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)