I've gotten to where I believe fewer and fewer alleged quotes by historical figures. Especially the ones that seem the most true and smart. Someone will always inform you that "it's not a real quote-- he never said that", as if this proves something useful.
I also have gotten to the point where it doesn't matter to me whether that individual said that exact thing or not. If it's true and smart, someone either said it or wrote it, because I'm reading it. It doesn't matter to me who that someone was.
Whether it's the alleged quote from a Japanese admiral about the impossibility of invading America because there would be a "rifle behind every blade of grass", which has been fact-checked to death as not a real quote, or Lincoln's quoted warning to not believe everything you read on the internet, which is obviously real.
Truth is truth, wherever it comes from. Wisdom is wise whoever says it. Keep the truth and wisdom; put less weight on where it came from. Because that part doesn't even matter.
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Thank you for reading.
Thank you for reading.
