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Some ideas were written centuries ago and still arrive exactly on time. This is where we follow them — through philosophy, literature, and the moments when the right words show up and change something.

Journal

The Arms of the Royal Society, with Nullius in Verba on the scroll — Wellcome Collection engraving

Nullius in Verba: What Horace's Phrase Really Means — and Why We Built a Standard on It

attribution

The Quote on Your Shirt Is Probably a Lie

"Be the change you wish to see in the world." — Gandhi. Except he never said it.

Eloquence of Enthusiasm Tee — archived Quoteiac product, quote misattributed to Poe, actually Washington Irving 1824

American literature

We Got One Wrong: The Poe Quote That Was Actually Washington Irving's

We sold three products with this line on them: "There is an eloquence in true enthusiasm." The attribution on every one of them read: Edgar Allan Poe.