The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table Group

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mjclub73
mjclub73
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Elementary / Primary

IS this a Shakespeare quote?  = "Nothing is so common as the wish to be remarkable."

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Posted by mjclub73 on Saturday August 22, 2009 at 10:45 AM and tagged with literature, shakespeare quotes.

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  1. banshee19
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    Although often misquoted and misatributed to Shakespeare, the actual quote is "Nothing is so commonplace as the wish to be remarkable" and it was written by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. in The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table

    Sources:
    http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/269504/Oliver-W...

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    Posted by banshee19 on Saturday August 22, 2009 at 11:40 AM