27 Quotes Everyone Either Misunderstands or Gets Wrong
Who knew the real versions of these quotes?
We love quotes, don't we? Little bite-sized nuggets of wisdom to snack on and give us that little hit of inspiration or insight, simplify a complicated emotion or serve as a common reference point. But why then do we seem to get the most important parts of some of the more famous quotes in history completely wrong? We have a tendency to change a critical part of the phrase, lose a bit in translation or lob off the ending with a chainsaw in order to reach a more convenient sentiment.
Below are some of our favorite examples of famous quotes and sayings that, time and time again, we’ve managed to attribute to the wrong person at best, or get entirely backwards at worst.