US Edition"A Collision at Sea..." the Most Famous Thing Thucydides Never Said
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"A Collision at Sea..." the Most Famous Thing Thucydides Never Said
Thucydides is often said to have first written in his epic history, The Peloponnesian War, “A collision at sea can ruin your entire day, ” While the statement is unquestionably true, Thucydides never wrote it. Fred Shapiro writing in Freakonomics attempts to trackdown the origin of the mis-quote: Quotes Uncovered: When Ships Collide. An updaated repost. Herb Caen of the San Francisco Chronicle wrote about this on Feb. 14, 1971. He said: THAT AL…
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