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During fifty years, out there, the innocent passenger in need of help and information, has been mistaking the mate for the cook, and the captain for the barber—and being roughly entertained for it, too.

From Life on the Mississippi, Part 5. by Twain, Mark

If Burns was never really in love, it is more than probable that the whole world has been mistaking some other passion for it.

From The Letters of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert