The most familiar quotations are the most likely to be misquoted. Some misquotations are still variable, some have settled down to false versions tha… - Carl Van Doren

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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.

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About Carl Van Doren

Carl Clinton Van Doren (September 10, 1885 – July 18, 1950) was a U.S. critic, historian, and Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer.

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Alternative Names: Carl Clinton Van Doren
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