"Once upon a midnight, dreary...." |
But can we make the same assertion about
actual historical figures? Did various people utter the pithy, wisdom-laden
sayings attributed to them? Quoth the Raven, “Maybe, or maybe not.”
In grade school, many of us learned of George Washington’s commitment to honesty. When confronted by his father about chopping down a cherry tree, six-year-old George confessed his horrific, axe-wielding deed and declared, “I cannot tell a lie.”