Quote#Wisdom
The best of us would rather be popular than right
Quote byMark Twain · 1835–1910
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger (unpublished manuscript written 1902–1908), Everybody's private motto: It's better to be popular than right..
English (original)
The best of us would rather be popular than right. The manuscript from which this was taken was written and edited from 1902 to 1908. See: Mark Twain Project, Ed., No. 44, the Mysterious Stranger: Being an Ancient Tale Found in a Jug and Freely Translated from the Jug (University of California Press, 1982), p. 26. Often reported as:
— Mark Twain
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