Category: The Apocryphal Twain

Kindness is language the deaf can hear

Kindness is language the deaf can hear

Originally posted by: Matt Seybold on June 1, 2017There is perhaps no greater testament to Twain’s lasting reputation than the habitual misattribution of miscellaneous wit and wisdom to his name. The circulation of such apocryphal aphorisms was common enough in the...

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Golf is a good walk spoiled

Golf is a good walk spoiled

Originally posted by: Matt Seybold on July 14th, 2017Malcolm Gladwell began the second season of his Revisionist History podcast with an episode about the public subsidization of expensive private golf clubs. He called the episode “A Good Walk Spoiled,” but wisely...

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