"The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read."
— Mark Twain
The Man Who Does Not Read
The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.
About this quote
No evidence links this saying to Twain's published or unpublished writings. Quote Investigator found the earliest version in a 1914 advertising trade publication, unattributed. The first Twain credit appeared in a 1945 nursing journal, and advice columnist "Dear Abby" repeated it under his name in the 1960s, amplifying the misattribution enormously. A 2001 Ken Burns documentary companion book listed it explicitly in a section called "What Twain Didn't Say." The attribution remains unverified.
Source
Attributed, widely quoted
