Throughout history, quotes of famous people are often misrepresented. This happens for a variety of reasons - some original quotes are clumsy, some don't seem to match the style of language we expect of a person, and some are changed for propaganda reasons. This is a list of ten of the most well known quotes that are, in fact, misquotes.
If you know of other famous misquotes, be sure to tell us about it in the comments.
10. Voltaire
Quote: “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”）
What Voltaire actually said was “Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too” from Voltaire's Essay on Tolerance - that certainly doesn't have quite the same ring to it. The misquote actually comes from a 1907 book called Friends of Voltaire, by Evelyn Beatrice Hall.
伏爾泰
引語：我不贊成你所說的話，但我誓死捍衛(wèi)你說話的權(quán)利。
伏爾泰在《論寬容》里實際上說過：“自己獨立思考，并讓他人同樣享有這樣做的特權(quán)”。這與引語肯定不是一個意思。那個錯誤的引語實際上出自伊芙妮·比翠西·豪1907年寫的《伏爾泰的朋友們》一書。
If you know of other famous misquotes, be sure to tell us about it in the comments.
10. Voltaire
Quote: “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”）
What Voltaire actually said was “Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too” from Voltaire's Essay on Tolerance - that certainly doesn't have quite the same ring to it. The misquote actually comes from a 1907 book called Friends of Voltaire, by Evelyn Beatrice Hall.
伏爾泰
引語：我不贊成你所說的話，但我誓死捍衛(wèi)你說話的權(quán)利。
伏爾泰在《論寬容》里實際上說過：“自己獨立思考，并讓他人同樣享有這樣做的特權(quán)”。這與引語肯定不是一個意思。那個錯誤的引語實際上出自伊芙妮·比翠西·豪1907年寫的《伏爾泰的朋友們》一書。