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"When small men begin to cast big shadows, it means that the sun is about to set." -- Original by Walter Savage Landor in 1846, rephrased by Lin Yutang
张殿李@ColinTheMathmo Walter Savage Landor, not Lin Yutang. But otherwise spot-on.
@ZDL Can you provide a reference for that? I like to make sure my attributions are as accurate as possible ...
Thanks.
@ZDL OK, this page agrees with you ... I'll change the attribution.
Problem is, Landor's wording doesn't stand alone as well, so the wording given here works better in this context.
Tricky.
@ZDL So now I have the attribution as:
Original by Walter Savage Landor, rephrased by Lin Yutang
@ColinTheMathmo That works, yes.
Landor's was part of a story, so it was dialogue taken out of context rather than formulated as a standalone. I agree that the way you cite it is punchier.
@ColinTheMathmo I was about to, but you beat me to the punch. :D