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The Misattribution Crisis

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Benjamin Franklin1 entry“A penny saved is a penny earned.”
Fyodor Dostoevsky1 entry“Beauty will save the world.”
Henry David Thoreau1 entry“The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.”
Mark Twain1 entry“The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.”
Thomas Edison1 entry“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”
William Shakespeare1 entry“Heavy lies the crown.”