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Misattributed quotes — Heinrich Heine

1797–1856 Germany

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Every man, either to his terror or consolation, has some sense of religion.

Misattributed James Harrington in The Commonwealth of Oceana (1656)

True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.

Misattributed

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

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You cannot feed the hungry on statistics.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Heinrich Heine (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.