“Mistaken for me, is he? That's strange, for no one ever mistakes me for Mr. Jones.”
In response to being told that the painter George Jones bore a strong resemblance to him, and that he was often mistaken for him, as quoted in My Autobiography and Reminiscences Vol. 1 (1887).
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