That resembles Twain's distinction between work and play in Tom Sawyer, Ch. 2: "If he [Tom] had been a great and wise philosopher, like the writer of this book, he would now have comprehended that Work consists of whatever a body is obliged to do, and that Play consists of whatever a body is not obliged to do" (33). -----Original Message----- From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Fred Harwood Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2012 5:48 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: GEICO quotes Twain Seems very widely attributed. Anyone? On Feb 22, 2012, at 3:41 PM, Terry Ballard wrote: > We were driving home on Monday when we heard that lovable lizard on > the radio say "Mark Twain said that the secret to success is making > your vocation your vacation." We looked at each other - "CLINK." Most > Twain misquotes at least sound like him. I dutifully checked it out in > Google Books, and found about 3 dozen hits. When limited to books > published before 1920, that goes down to zero. Mark Twain never said that. > > -- > > > Terry Ballard > Assistant Director of Technical Services for Library Systems The New > York Law School > 185 West Broadway, New York, NY, 10013 > 212-431-2106 > http://www.terryballard.org > Author of the forthcoming book "Google this" > http://googlethisforlibraries.com > > "My memory has a mind of its own." Fred Harwood Linwood Cottage Sheffield