Dr. Seuss
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4 quotes we’ve traced to Dr. Seuss
“A person's a person, no matter how small”
Verified“The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go”
Verified“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened”
Disputed“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams”
DisputedNot actually Dr. Seuss
Often misattributed to Dr. Seuss
Famous lines widely pinned on Dr. Seuss that we’ve traced to someone else.
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind”
actually Bernard M. Baruch (for the punchline only)
“Don't cry because it's over, smile because it happened”
actually Ludwig Jacobowski
“Sometimes you will never know the value of a moment until it becomes a memory”
actually Georges Duhamel
“We are all a little weird and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall in mutual weirdness and call it love”
actually Robert Fulghum
“You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams”
actually Origin unknown
“You're never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child”
actually Anita Merina
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