Sometimes I wonder if Shakespeare’s ghost is pissed or flattered that so many quotes are falsely attributed to him. Take this one, for which there is no evidence that Shakespeare said it.
In the case of most of the quotes, I’m going to go with pissed. I’d be pissed if it were me. (I’m sure Shakespeare’s ghost doesn’t mind me comparing myself to him. We are both writers, after all. And we both like penis jokes. I rest my case.)
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Thank you! I cannot stand misattributed quotes. I often read a pin and shake my head muttering, “There is no way in SHIT that Oscar Wilde said anything like that. He would be insulted.” And Shakespeare does seem to be the primary victim of this anomaly.
I just found one of those on tumblr yesterday and after about 10 min of research I discovered the “Shakespeare quote” was an English translation of a Turkish translation of a BOB MARLEY song…
I nearly died right there.
OMG! I just spit out my drink from laughing! Thanks for that! LOL
Expectation is the roof of all heartache? Does ANYONE say that?
Actually, it’s a bastardized Buddhist quote: desire is the root of all suffering (paraphrasing here)
And freaking Marilyn Monroe! Everyone thinks she is the wisest, funniest feminist in the world. I have an entire Pinterest board called Fake Marilyn Monroe Quotes. Most of them sound like crap drunk teens taking selfies would say.
Link for that, please!
http://pinterest.com/staciehewitt/fake-marilyn-monroe-quotes/
Yes! Link please!
Maybe not..but she was quite the introspective poet.
I’m certain Shakespeare would only take credit for the good ones and then say “I wishith I thought of this”
“Most quotes you find on the Internet are incorrect.” -Abraham Lincoln
Lol
I saw one, I don’t remember exactly what was said or who the quote was attributed to but it was something about cars and the guy it was attributed to died before automobiles began to commonly be called cars and car was still used in regard to train cars….
“…but they can’t put any thing on the internet that isn’t true…”-http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20130102152903AAG1WMD
“And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
―
Friedrich Nietzsche
Nietzsche. Did. Not. Say. This. EVER. 😛 A teacher at my school used it in his signature and it drove me insane.