misquotes
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But its existence also means there’s no excuses for misattribution or misquotes, which is surely part of its at least temporary revival.
From Salon • Mar. 10, 2026
Speaking elegantly, he quotes — and misquotes — poets, scientists and former leaders, weaving fragments of history into his long monologues that lay out a dark and at times contradictory worldview.
From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2021
Listed between celebrity misquotes and political mishaps was a trend for an oversized cat along with an orangutan who got free from a zoo and wreaked havoc.
From The Verge • Jan. 30, 2019
It includes misquotes of Muslim figures of authority and elisions of fact that portray the Muslim community as dogmatic and unknowable.
From The Guardian • Oct. 18, 2018
Note the care he has shown in quoting one of those hackneyed phrases which almost all the world misquotes, "Que mon nom soit fletri, pourvu que la France soit libre."
From Froude's Essays in Literature and History With Introduction by Hilaire Belloc by Belloc, Hilaire
