Mary Ellen Pleasant Quote

You tell those newspaper people that they may be smart, but I'm smarter. They deal with words. Some folks say that words were made to reveal thoughts. That ain't so. Words were made to conceal thought.


San Francisco Call (1901)


You tell those newspaper people that they may be smart, but I'm smarter. They deal with words. Some folks say that words were made to reveal...

You tell those newspaper people that they may be smart, but I'm smarter. They deal with words. Some folks say that words were made to reveal...

You tell those newspaper people that they may be smart, but I'm smarter. They deal with words. Some folks say that words were made to reveal...

You tell those newspaper people that they may be smart, but I'm smarter. They deal with words. Some folks say that words were made to reveal...