The most familiar quotations are the most likely to be misquoted. Some misquotations are still variable, some have settled down to false versions that have obscured the true ones. They have passed over from literature into speech.

— Carl Van Doren The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1941)

More quotes by Carl Van Doren

Why I am Not a Believer (1926)

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