Comments on: Top 17 Sayings Attributed to the Wrong Person http://listverse.com/2007/09/06/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/ Ultimate Top 10 Lists - Listverse Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:03:07 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: CrevanFox http://listverse.com/2007/09/06/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-216309 CrevanFox Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:57:20 +0000 http://listverse.com/people/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-216309 "A woman needs a mann like a fish needs a bicycle" -attributed to Steinbeck, but said but Irina Dunn “A woman needs a mann like a fish needs a bicycle”

-attributed to Steinbeck, but said but Irina Dunn

]]> By: timefillmyeyes http://listverse.com/2007/09/06/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-166528 timefillmyeyes Mon, 27 Apr 2009 03:44:01 +0000 http://listverse.com/people/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-166528 I'm an avid Thoreau fan, so I knew that one, but the rest were new to me. This was an interesting list. I’m an avid Thoreau fan, so I knew that one, but the rest were new to me. This was an interesting list.

]]> By: Mark http://listverse.com/2007/09/06/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-162133 Mark Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:35:35 +0000 http://listverse.com/people/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-162133 "Spare the rod and spoil the child" may have been uttered first by Samuel Butler, but it is taken from the idea of Proverbs 23:13-14 "Do not withhold discipline from a child, if you punish him with the rod he will not die. Punish him with the rod ans save his soul from death." “Spare the rod and spoil the child” may have been uttered first by Samuel Butler, but it is taken from the idea of Proverbs 23:13-14

“Do not withhold discipline from a child, if you punish him with the rod he will not die. Punish him with the rod ans save his soul from death.”

]]> By: Matt http://listverse.com/2007/09/06/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-146328 Matt Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:09:54 +0000 http://listverse.com/people/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-146328 Sorry but you forget Martin Luther King "I dream of a day when black boys and girls and white boys and girls can hold hands." Major Paraphrase there though Sorry but you forget Martin Luther King
“I dream of a day when black boys and girls and white boys and girls can hold hands.”
Major Paraphrase there though

]]> By: avi http://listverse.com/2007/09/06/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-90646 avi Fri, 15 Aug 2008 11:55:46 +0000 http://listverse.com/people/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-90646 any answers? any answers?

]]> By: Sammaji http://listverse.com/2007/09/06/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-62854 Sammaji Fri, 09 May 2008 18:14:28 +0000 http://listverse.com/people/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-62854 Thanks Berna for clearing that up. Spare the rod spoil the child is definitely from the bible.. Thanks Berna for clearing that up. Spare the rod spoil the child is definitely from the bible..

]]> By: avi http://listverse.com/2007/09/06/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-37003 avi Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:49:43 +0000 http://listverse.com/people/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-37003 how is the bible a person? how is the bible a person?

]]> By: Berna http://listverse.com/2007/09/06/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-27443 Berna Fri, 25 Jan 2008 06:03:23 +0000 http://listverse.com/people/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-27443 Great list! I had no idea that these famous quotes were attributed to the wrong people! #15 Spare the rod and spoil the child--is from the Bible. It's Proverbs 13:24. It's worded a little differently, but that's basically what it says. You can read it here: http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs%2013:24&version=31 Great list! I had no idea that these famous quotes were attributed to the wrong people!

#15 Spare the rod and spoil the child–is from the Bible. It’s Proverbs 13:24. It’s worded a little differently, but that’s basically what it says.

You can read it here:
http://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=proverbs%2013:24&version=31

]]> By: chris http://listverse.com/2007/09/06/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-27042 chris Thu, 24 Jan 2008 04:36:42 +0000 http://listverse.com/people/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-27042 In the top 25 quotes of Truman, number 10 in this list is attributed to him. However this list says that Truman did not make up this quote at all. In the top 25 quotes of Truman, number 10 in this list is attributed to him. However this list says that Truman did not make up this quote at all.

]]> By: Gravy http://listverse.com/2007/09/06/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-14218 Gravy Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:42:47 +0000 http://listverse.com/people/top-17-sayings-attributed-to-the-wrong-person/#comment-14218 I cant believe that Jean-Jacques Rousseau said "Let them eat cake" and not Marie Antoinette. I remember seeing that in my history text book. WOW! I cant believe that Jean-Jacques Rousseau said “Let them eat cake” and not Marie Antoinette. I remember seeing that in my history text book. WOW!

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