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Tangential, but QuoteInvestigator is a great website, and quite entertaining. Many famous quotes are not from the people they're usually attributed to. Example
by FabHK 5y ago
Tangential, but QuoteInvestigator is a great website, and quite entertaining. Many famous quotes are not from the people they're usually attributed to.
Examples:
"I Have Never Killed Any One, But I Have Read Some Obituary Notices with Great Satisfaction" (Darrow, not Twain, https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/05/05/darrow-obituary/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/05/05/darrow-obituary/)
"When the Facts Change, I Change My Mind. What Do You Do, Sir?" (maybe not Keynes, https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/07/22/keynes-change-mind/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/07/22/keynes-change-mind/)
"A Lie Can Travel Halfway Around the World While the Truth Is Putting On Its Shoes" (neither Twain nor Churchill, https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/07/13/truth/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2014/07/13/truth/)
"Everybody is a Genius. But If You Judge a Fish by Its Ability to Climb a Tree, It Will Live Its Whole Life Believing that It is Stupid" (not Einstein... https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/04/06/fish-climb/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/04/06/fish-climb/)
"I Disapprove of What You Say, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It" (not Voltaire, https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/06/01/defend-say/ https://quoteinvestigator.com/2015/06/01/defend-say/)