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Saturday, March 22, 2014

12 Quotes Commonly Misattributed To Shakespeare

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"When I saw you I fell in love and you smiled because you knew."


"When I saw you I fell in love and you smiled because you knew."


Where it's actually from: An 1893 Italian opera, Falstaff , with a libretto by Arrigo Boito. The opera itself is based on The Merry Wives Of Windsor, written by the Bard himself, but the line is not found in the play itself, only in the opera.


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"Love is a wonderful terrible thing."


"Love is a wonderful terrible thing."


Where it's actually from: Gabriela, Clove, and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado. Also the quote is actually, "Love--the most wonderful and most terrible thing in the world."


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"The earth has music for those who listen."


"The earth has music for those who listen."


Where it's actually from: The quote is definitively not in any of Shakespeare's written works. It's most commonly attributed to poet and author George Santayana or Oliver Wendall Holmes.


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"You say you love rain..."


"You say you love rain..."


Where it's actually from: A turkish poem titled, I Am Afraid . In addition, umbrellas weren't common in Europe until the 17th century, roughly a 100 years after Shakespeare died.


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