“Interesting times”

I have liked, and used, the phrase “May you live in interesting times” for many years. I had always thought it to be a Chinese saying. It appears that it is unlikely to be Chinese in origin, and part of the argument comes from the Google Book project.

The story is on the blog TeleRead.

found via LISNews

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