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7 Ιουν 2024 · In summary, the earliest published report on June 2, 1897 credited Mark Twain with this version of the quip: “The report of my death was an exaggeration.” In the following days and weeks the adjectives “greatly” and “grossly” were added to the quip in some newspaper reports.
15 Μαΐ 2023 · “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated” is a little exaggerated itself. Find out the real story behind this famous quote.
Summary. The saying reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated is a famous quotation of Mark Twain, who many people believed to be dead, when in fact he was merely abroad.
2 Ιουν 2018 · According to a widely-repeated legend, one major American newspaper actually printed his obituary and, when Twain was told about this by a reporter, he quipped: “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” Another common variation of the line uses the words “…have been greatly exaggerated.”
1 Ιουν 2010 · In an article published June 2, 1897, beneath the headline, “Mark Twain Amused,” the Journal skewered the Herald‘s account as false and offered Twain’s denial: “The report of my death was an exaggeration.”
15 Ιουλ 2024 · Variant: I said - 'Say the report is greatly exaggerated'. "Chapters from My Autobiography", The North American Review, 21 September 1906, p. 160. Mark Twain; Misquote: The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated. Note: This paraphrase or misquote may be more popular than the original.
The Impartial Friend: Death, the only immortal who treats us all alike, whose pity and whose peace and whose refuge are for all--the soiled and the pure, the rich and the poor, the loved and the unloved. - Mark Twain, last written statement; Moments with Mark Twain, Albert B. Paine
