I stand by all the misstatements that I've made.
Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.
Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.
I read a quote attributed to the Beatles. What did they do, speak it in unison?
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
