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Famous Misquotes

May 16, 2008

Voltaire: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” (”Je désapprouve ce que vous dites, mais je défendrai à la mort votre droit à le dire”)

George Washington: “I cannot tell a lie. It was I who chopped down the cherry tree.”

Edward Murph:  “Anything that can go wrong, will” (Murphy’s Law)

Mark Twain: “The only two certainties in life are death and taxes.”

William Shakespeare: “Gild the lily”

Niccolo Machiavelli: “The ends justify the means.”

Winston Churchill: “The only traditions of the Royal Navy are rum, sodomy and the lash.”

Marie Antoinette: “If they have no bread, let them eat cake!” (”S’ils n’ont plus de pain, qu’ils mangent de la brioche.”)

Paul Revere: “The British are coming!”

Philip Sheridan: “The only good Indian is a dead Indian.”



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