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• Keyes Rules of Misquotation Axiom 1. Any quotation that can be altered will be.
  + Corollary 1A: Vivid words hook misquotes in the mind....
• Vintage quotes are considered to be in the public domain.
  -- Axiom 2, Corollary 2E -- Ralph Keyes, The Rules of misquotatio...
• Journalists are a less than dependable source of accurate quotes.
  -- Axiom 1, Corollary 1E -- Ralph Keyes, The Rules of misquotatio...
• Famous quotes need famous mouths. -- Axiom 2. -- Ralph Keyes, The Rules of misquotatio
• In a pinch, any orphan quote can be called a Chinese proverb.
  -- Axiom 2, Corollary 2F -- Ralph Keyes, The Rules of misquotatio...
• If noted figures don't say what needs to be said, we'll say it for them.
  -- Axiom 1, Corollary 1D -- Ralph Keyes, The Rules of misquotatio...
• Comments made about someone might as well have been said by that person.
  -- Axiom 2, Corollary 2C -- Ralph Keyes, The Rules of misquotatio...
• Well-known messengers get credit for clever comments they report from less celebrated mouths.
  -- Axiom 2, Corollary 2A -- Ralph Keyes, The Rules of misquotatio...
• Who you think said something may depend on where you live.
  -- Axiom 2, Corollary 2D -- Ralph Keyes, The Rules of misquotatio...