π§© BND Motif Index Β· M891
Wisdom for the ages
An uplifting saying is passed around under a great name, Einstein, Lincoln, Twain, for its comfort and the name's weight, whoever really said it.
π» PerennialsποΈ Good news
- 1claim filed under it
- 1fact-checker
β οΈ A story people tell, not a claim that it's true.
A motif is the shape of a story as its tellers tell it, named the way a folklorist names a tale type, so the same story told about other people, by the other side or in another year lands in the same place. Some of the claims below are true, many are false. Arguing against a story is often a story of its own, its answer (Voter fraud is answered by Voter suppression, Lawfare by No one is above the law), and we file it there; where no answer has a motif yet, the arguments against a story sit with its tellings.
π§Ά Its claims
what's been told in this shape, newest first, in our words, with where each was heard
- 2026-10-12 βAlbert Einstein said, 'Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.'β π Snopes
M891 Β· first seen 2026-10-12 Β· what this is Β· how the index works