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		<title>By: Ab</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/3864/comment-page-1#comment-264694</link>
		<dc:creator>Ab</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:15:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>regarding the last comment above
...
And what about â€˜Music soothes the savage beastâ€ misquote. It is actaully â€œMusic hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oakâ€
...

It is a misquotation as well of William Congreve&#039;s &#039;The Mourning Bride&#039; the proper quote is actually 

Music HAS charms to soothe a savage breast. 

but thats just me being pedantic.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>regarding the last comment above<br />
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And what about â€˜Music soothes the savage beastâ€ misquote. It is actaully â€œMusic hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oakâ€<br />
&#8230;</p>
<p>It is a misquotation as well of William Congreve&#8217;s &#8216;The Mourning Bride&#8217; the proper quote is actually </p>
<p>Music HAS charms to soothe a savage breast. </p>
<p>but thats just me being pedantic.</p>
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		<title>By: JaneM</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/3864/comment-page-1#comment-42570</link>
		<dc:creator>JaneM</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>And what about &#039;Music soothes the savage beast&quot; misquote.  It is actaully &quot;Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast,
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>And what about &#8216;Music soothes the savage beast&#8221; misquote.  It is actaully &#8220;Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast,<br />
To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Rachel</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/3864/comment-page-1#comment-42562</link>
		<dc:creator>Rachel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>How about the head over heels. Which was originally heels over head.

You head is always over your heels, but writers thought it sounded better than heels over head.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How about the head over heels. Which was originally heels over head.</p>
<p>You head is always over your heels, but writers thought it sounded better than heels over head.</p>
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		<title>By: Scott</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/3864/comment-page-1#comment-42540</link>
		<dc:creator>Scott</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 18:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Preacher: &quot;Without you, O Lord, we are but dust.&quot;

Little girl:&quot; Mommy! What is butt dust?&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Preacher: &#8220;Without you, O Lord, we are but dust.&#8221;</p>
<p>Little girl:&#8221; Mommy! What is butt dust?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Alice</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/3864/comment-page-1#comment-42497</link>
		<dc:creator>Alice</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Lead on, McDuff!&quot; is correctly quoted as &quot;Lay on, McDuff&quot; and has nothing to do with going first.  It&#039;s from Shakespeare&#039;s &quot;MacBeth&quot; and fully quoted is &quot;Lay on, McDuff, and damned be him who first cries &#039;Hold, Enough!&#039;&quot;.  Great way to issue a challenge!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Lead on, McDuff!&#8221; is correctly quoted as &#8220;Lay on, McDuff&#8221; and has nothing to do with going first.  It&#8217;s from Shakespeare&#8217;s &#8220;MacBeth&#8221; and fully quoted is &#8220;Lay on, McDuff, and damned be him who first cries &#8216;Hold, Enough!&#8217;&#8221;.  Great way to issue a challenge!</p>
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		<title>By: Li</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/3864/comment-page-1#comment-42474</link>
		<dc:creator>Li</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 13:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Speaking of Shakespeare, it&#039;s actually not a misquote, but &quot;Wherefore art thou Romeo?&quot; does not mean &quot;where are you, Romeo,&quot; but &quot;WHY are you Romeo?&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Speaking of Shakespeare, it&#8217;s actually not a misquote, but &#8220;Wherefore art thou Romeo?&#8221; does not mean &#8220;where are you, Romeo,&#8221; but &#8220;WHY are you Romeo?&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Sara</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/3864/comment-page-1#comment-42464</link>
		<dc:creator>Sara</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2007 10:54:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Like Emma Goldman:

QUOTE: &quot;If I can&#039;t dance, I don&#039;t want to be part of your revolution.&quot;

ACTUALLY SAID: &quot;At the dances I was one of the most untiring and gayest. One evening a cousin of Sasha, a young boy, took me aside. With a grave face, as if he were about to announce the death of a dear comrade, he whispered to me that it did not behoove an agitator to dance. Certainly not with such reckless abandon, anyway. It was undignified for one who was on the way to become a force in the anarchist movement. My frivolity would only hurt the Cause.
I grew furious at the impudent interference of the boy. I told him to mind his own business. I was tired of having the Cause constantly thrown into my face. I did not believe that a Cause which stood for a beautiful ideal, for anarchism, for release and freedom from convention and prejudice, should demand the denial of life and joy. I insisted that our Cause could not expect me to become a nun and that the movement would not be turned into a cloister. If it meant that, I did not want it. &quot;I want freedom, the right to self-expression, everybody&#039;s right to beautiful, radiant things.&quot; Anarchism meant that to me, and I would live it in spite of the whole world â€” prisons, persecution, everything. Yes, even in spite of the condemnation of my own closest comrades I would live my beautiful ideal.&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like Emma Goldman:</p>
<p>QUOTE: &#8220;If I can&#8217;t dance, I don&#8217;t want to be part of your revolution.&#8221;</p>
<p>ACTUALLY SAID: &#8220;At the dances I was one of the most untiring and gayest. One evening a cousin of Sasha, a young boy, took me aside. With a grave face, as if he were about to announce the death of a dear comrade, he whispered to me that it did not behoove an agitator to dance. Certainly not with such reckless abandon, anyway. It was undignified for one who was on the way to become a force in the anarchist movement. My frivolity would only hurt the Cause.<br />
I grew furious at the impudent interference of the boy. I told him to mind his own business. I was tired of having the Cause constantly thrown into my face. I did not believe that a Cause which stood for a beautiful ideal, for anarchism, for release and freedom from convention and prejudice, should demand the denial of life and joy. I insisted that our Cause could not expect me to become a nun and that the movement would not be turned into a cloister. If it meant that, I did not want it. &#8220;I want freedom, the right to self-expression, everybody&#8217;s right to beautiful, radiant things.&#8221; Anarchism meant that to me, and I would live it in spite of the whole world â€” prisons, persecution, everything. Yes, even in spite of the condemnation of my own closest comrades I would live my beautiful ideal.&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Kate</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/3864/comment-page-1#comment-7097</link>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2007 03:36:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Luke, I am your father.&quot;


With a bunch of geeks, I&#039;m surprised this wasn&#039;t posted earlier! :-P</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Luke, I am your father.&#8221;</p>
<p>With a bunch of geeks, I&#8217;m surprised this wasn&#8217;t posted earlier! :-P</p>
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		<title>By: Melanie</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/3864/comment-page-1#comment-7084</link>
		<dc:creator>Melanie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:18:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I was just going to chime in on the spare the rod thing, but Ben got there first. so i&#039;m just going to mention a different misquote.

Alas poor Yorick, I knew him.... 
most people think it&#039;s &quot;I knew him well&quot;

but it&#039;s actually &quot;I knew him Horatio&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I was just going to chime in on the spare the rod thing, but Ben got there first. so i&#8217;m just going to mention a different misquote.</p>
<p>Alas poor Yorick, I knew him&#8230;.<br />
most people think it&#8217;s &#8220;I knew him well&#8221;</p>
<p>but it&#8217;s actually &#8220;I knew him Horatio&#8221;</p>
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		<title>By: Bryan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Bryan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2007 17:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;Beam me up, Scotty&quot;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;Beam me up, Scotty&#8221;</p>
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