Plot twist: there is no direct evidence that Twain ever said such a quote. Which is very fitting for this meme, its’ very point itself.
You found the Easter Egg.
I hearby dub thee, @niktemadur@lemmy.world…
Hey, that was their name already! What are you trying to pull!
Holy shit - the plot thickens…
Does this mean that no one is the Meme Master?
Oh word? So they’re the one behind all those “no one:” memes?
Nah, that’s nobody…
You missed a really funny opportunity by not faking that screenshot
Holy shit!
I’m convinced that you tried to fool me
… Fuck. Fine, I’ll look it up.
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Okay, he didn’t use those exact words, but he said “How easy it is to make people believe a lie, and how hard it is to undo that work again!”.Source: https://quoteinvestigator.com/2020/12/23/fooled/#180a2d81-ad60-4996-9c9a-3b9cd697903c
Which cites https://books.google.com/books?id=Q6c2AQAAMAAJ&q="believe+a+lie"#v=snippet&q="believe a lie"&f=falseWow, I expected it to be totally fake like most quotes on the internet but I 5d-chessed you into looking it up for me. Thanks!
‘Can we reach quoteceotion by Twain quoting Churchill?’
- Einstein
EthicsQuotes are relative
