"Misquote" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... false in this world below Betrays itself in a love of show; Indignant Nature hides her lash In the purple-black of a dyed mustache; The shallowest fop will trip in French, The would-be critic will misquote Trench; In short, you're always sure to detect A sham in the things folks most affect; Bean-pods are noisiest when dry, And you always wink with your weakest eye: And that's the reason the old gray mare Forever had her tail in the air, With flourishes beyond compare, Though every whisk Incurred ...
— Complete Poetical Works of Bret Harte • Bret Harte
... be a slight misquote. Oliver Goldsmith's poem starts with "For still I tried each fickle art" and ...
— Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 (of 2) • John Roby
... and thy Consuelo is as pure as holy charity and lofty art could make her. They complain, that, in the world of thy creations, women are sublime and men weak; may not these things, then, be seen and judged for once through woman's eyes? Much harm hast thou done? Nay, that can only God know. They misquote thee, who veil a life of low intrigue with high-flown dicta borrowed from thy works. Thou art not of their sort,—or, if it be indeed thee ...
— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 8, Issue 49, November, 1861 • Various |
