Goodreads Librarians Group discussion

I’m fairly certain that https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/3023... was attributed to Bruce Lee at the time I liked it, but it has since changed to be attributed to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.

I don’t see any way to see a changelog of the quote nor do I see any Librarian notes on it, so I don’t know whether these things exists for quotes at all.

Anyway, if someone is able to look into what’s going on there, that’d be appreciated. Thanks! ❤️

Freso wrote: "I’m fairly certain "

After searching for this, it appears that Goethe is the real source. I found this article that states "Lee was a big fan of this quote; in fact, he is known to have stated it in conversations and interviews, which led many to think it was his own." Here it is
https://www.forbes.com/sites/luisrome...

Looking at the changelog someone changed it in 2021. The changelog is above the quote box if you click edit on the right of the quote.
I added a tag to say it is "misattributed to bruce lee" which we do on some quotes like this.

Emily wrote: "The changelog is above the quote box if you click edit on the right of the quote."

Guess that’s a Super‐Librarian‐only thing, because I don’t have that edit button/link. :)

Thanks for looking into this and making the tag! (And yeah, I’m pretty sure I liked the quote prior to 2021, so does indeed seem like that change was made after then.)

Freso wrote: "Guess that’s a Super‐Librarian‐only thing, because I don’t have that edit button/link. :)."

Now that I think about it, you are right. In this quote's case it's due to the high number of likes.