Y'know, I've seen dozens of versions of this quote, but this is the first time I've seen it phrased this way and with proper attribution.
Edit: From wikiquote[1]:
>(This observation is extensively quoted even outside of Usenet, and has appeared in textbooks. It has also been misattributed, in part and in whole, to Booker T. Washington, to Ambrose Bierce, to Terry Pratchett, and, in one case, to the painter James Nicoll (1846–1918).)
Edit: From wikiquote[1]:
>(This observation is extensively quoted even outside of Usenet, and has appeared in textbooks. It has also been misattributed, in part and in whole, to Booker T. Washington, to Ambrose Bierce, to Terry Pratchett, and, in one case, to the painter James Nicoll (1846–1918).)
[1]https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/James_Nicoll