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Everyone who’s been credited with something they didn’t say.

VerdictAll Misattributed Paraphrased Contested Unverified Accurate

Mahatma Gandhi2 entries“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
Mark Twain2 entries“The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.”
Oscar Wilde2 entries“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
Winston Churchill2 entries“With integrity, nothing else counts. Without integrity, nothing else counts.”
A.A. Milne1 entry“How lucky am I to have people that make saying goodbye so hard.”
Benjamin Franklin1 entry“Everything in moderation, even moderation.”
Dr. Seuss1 entry“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
Ernest Shackleton1 entry“Men wanted for hazardous journey, small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful, honor and recognition in case of success.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky1 entry“My dear Anya, I have once again lost everything. I swore to you that I would not go to the roulette table…”
Louis XIV1 entry“L’État, c’est moi. (The state, it is I.)”
Michelangelo1 entry“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”
Socrates1 entry“Everything in moderation, even moderation.”
St. Augustine1 entry“Singing is praying twice.”
St. Francis of Assisi1 entry“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me bring love.”
Stephen Grellet1 entry“I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now.”
Voltaire1 entry“Everything in moderation, even moderation.”
William Penn1 entry“I shall pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do or any kindness that I can show to any human being, let me do it now.”

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