Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/02/23

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Wilde?
From: John Collier <jbcollier@home.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2001 10:47:44 -0700

"Wagner's music is much better than it sounds."

from Mark Twain's autobiography but attributed to Bill Nye (AKA Edgar
Wilson)*. There that is all cleared up!

John Collier who is not too sure what he is AKA.

*Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

> From: MEBérubé <MEB@goodphotos.com>
> 
> Huh. I heard it attributed to Twain.
> MeBé
> 
> At 11:52 AM 2/23/01 -0500, DC wrote:
> 
>>> (Didn't Oscar Wilde say that Wagner's music
>>> is better than it sounds?)
>> 
>> It was Shaw, I think.
>> Pedants R Us,
>