William Shakespeare wrote some great stuff. It’s sometimes hard to believe how much work he got done in his 52 years. But he didn’t write every brilliant line about love you might remember. Some people deserve credit too, even though they don’t usually get it.
Where it’s from: Commonly said to derive from the Second Noble Truth of Buddhism: desire is the root of all suffering.
Where it’s from: Paradise Lost by John Milton.
Where is it from?: A turkish poem titled, I Am Afraid.
Where it’s actually from: A paraphrase from Hans Christian Andersen’s “What The Moon Saw”. The actual quote is, “when words fail, sounds can often speak.”
Where it’s really from: Gabriela, Clove, and Cinnamon by Jorge Amado. The quote is actually Love—the most wonderful and most terrible thing in the world.
Where it’s really from: It’s most commonly attributed to poet and author George Santayanaor Oliver Wendall Holmes.
Where it’s really from: An 1893 Italian opera, Falstaff, with a libretto by Arrigo Boito.
This is by: The Notebook of Love twitter handle.
Who said it? Sir Francis Bacon to Sir Edward Coke in 1601.
Believe it or not, this is a Jadakiss song.
For a bit more on quotes, this time those that aren’t remembered properly, check out the most famous misheard lyrics of the 1990′s, and if you’re feeling a bit modern, check out the 2013 edition.
Conspiracy theorists like to believe that William Shakespeare didn’t contribute one word to the works bearing his name. If that’s …
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