
Source: Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 (2010), p. 121
It's In the Wind (1977) "Ceremonies In A Polar Garden"
1970s
Source: Autobiography of Mark Twain, Volume 1 (2010), p. 121
1950's, In: Reminiscence and Reverie, 1951
“Actions, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell characters.”
No. 637
Aphorisms on Man (1788)
“Out of five hundred who speak glibly of love, not one can spell the first letter of his name.”
Tel cinc cent parolent d'amur,
N'en sevent pas le pior tur,
Ne que est loiax druerie.
"Graelent", line 77; p. 149.
Misattributed
“I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet.”
"A meeting of minds", The Guardian, 18 November 2005. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2005/nov/18/classicalmusicandopera.thomasstearnseliot
Attributed
“Now, look, baby, 'Union' is spelled with 5 letters. It is not a four-letter word.”
Source: 1960s, The Gutenberg Galaxy (1962), p. 66