Falsely Attributed Works

Famous quotes containing the words falsely, attributed and/or works:

    “One word is too often profaned
    For me to profane it,
    One feeling too falsely disdained
    For thee to disdain it;”
    —Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792–1822)

    “Happiness is an imaginary condition, formerly often attributed by the living to the dead, now usually attributed by adults to children, and by children to adults.”
    —Thomas Szasz (b. 1920)

    “A creative writer must study carefully the works of his rivals, including the Almighty. He must possess the inborn capacity not only of recombining but of re-creating the given world. In order to do this adequately, avoiding duplication of labor, the artist should know the given world.”
    —Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)