Yesterday, someone pointed out a misquote by Shakespeare and I noticed that his quotes in general were rather messy.
Many of these from the first 3 pages have thousands of likes, so they'll need a superlibrarian to straiten them out. I fixed what I could on later pages. Anything I wasn't entirely sure of, I left alone and noted below.
I did start a "Misattributed to Shakespeare" tag that I added to any quote where I changed the author. I changed some to "Unknown" - including a few proverbs like "Honesty is the best policy." There's a couple that we might be able to delete, but I'm not really comfortable deleting things. Can someone who is comfortable take a look, please? https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/...
From the first page: #7 -“I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed!” - Not by Shakespeare, original source is unknown. #9 - “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” - This is a paraphrase, not an actual quote. This ought to be merged with the #5 quote - “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.” #14 - “We know what we are, but not what we may be.” - Slight paraphrase. The actual quote is: "we know what we are, but know not what we may be." #15 - “All the world's a stage, / And all the men and women merely players; ..." etc - This is from As You Like It #16 - “Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.” - This is from The Passionate Pilgrim
Second page: #1 - “thus with a kiss I die” - Needs to be tagged as being from Romeo & Juliet #5 - “Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.” - This is the general gist of Benvolo's lines in Act 1 Scene 1, but I've read through it and I can't find an exact equivalent. #13 - “With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.” - Needs to be tagged as Merchant of Venice #17 - “To weep is to make less the depth of grief.” - Needs to be tagged as Henry V1 Pt 3 #21 - “They do not love that do not show their love. The course of true love never did run smooth. Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love.” - This is a conglomeration of quotes. Not sure what should be done with it. They do not love that do not show their love. - Two Gentlemen of Verona The course of true love never did run smooth. - Midsummer Night's Dream Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love. - Love's Labor's Lost #22 - “Expectation is the root of all heartache.” - Not Shakespeare. Someone on Reddit has suggested it's a paraphrase of "Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises." from All's Well That Ends Well, but while the sentiment is very similar, I'm not sure the phrasing is close enough to merit combining it #24 - “Presume not that I am the thing I was.” - Needs tagged as Henry IV Pt 2 #28 - “Listen to many, speak to a few.” - Paraphrased from Polonius's speech to Laerties in Hamlet. The actual quote is "Give every man thy ear but few thy voice." I spotted the actual quote at the bottom of page 4, so it can be merged too.
Third page: #8 - “Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. then your love would also change.” - Another paraphrase. The actual quote is: "O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon, / That monthly changes in her circle orb, / Lest that thy love prove likewise variable."
Fifth page: #9 - “Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.” - Paraphrased. The actual quote is “Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.” which is about halfway down on Page 3. I couldn't figure out how to update this. When I tried, it gave me an error.
Sixth Page - #21 - “If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.” - Paraphrased. The actual quote is: "This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man." The phrasing is different enough that I figured I'd ask before changing anything.
Seventh Page - #28 - “The best is yet to come.” - All's Well That Ends Well does have a "The best is yet to do" but “The best is yet to come.” is so well known I doubt they meant the Shakespeare version. Not sure what to do with this one.
Eleventh page - #28 - “Discretion is the better part of valor.” - Henry IV Pt 1 has "The better part of valor is discretion", but the phrase as it's quoted is so well known, I'm not sure I should change it...
Many of these from the first 3 pages have thousands of likes, so they'll need a superlibrarian to straiten them out. I fixed what I could on later pages. Anything I wasn't entirely sure of, I left alone and noted below.
I did start a "Misattributed to Shakespeare" tag that I added to any quote where I changed the author. I changed some to "Unknown" - including a few proverbs like "Honesty is the best policy." There's a couple that we might be able to delete, but I'm not really comfortable deleting things. Can someone who is comfortable take a look, please? https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/tag/...
From the first page:
#7 -“I would challenge you to a battle of wits, but I see you are unarmed!” - Not by Shakespeare, original source is unknown.
#9 - “It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” - This is a paraphrase, not an actual quote. This ought to be merged with the #5 quote - “The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves.”
#14 - “We know what we are, but not what we may be.” - Slight paraphrase. The actual quote is: "we know what we are, but know not what we may be."
#15 - “All the world's a stage, / And all the men and women merely players; ..." etc - This is from As You Like It
#16 - “Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.” - This is from The Passionate Pilgrim
Second page:
#1 - “thus with a kiss I die” - Needs to be tagged as being from Romeo & Juliet
#5 - “Don't waste your love on somebody, who doesn't value it.” - This is the general gist of Benvolo's lines in Act 1 Scene 1, but I've read through it and I can't find an exact equivalent.
#13 - “With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.” - Needs to be tagged as Merchant of Venice
#17 - “To weep is to make less the depth of grief.” - Needs to be tagged as Henry V1 Pt 3
#21 - “They do not love that do not show their love. The course of true love never did run smooth. Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love.” - This is a conglomeration of quotes. Not sure what should be done with it.
They do not love that do not show their love. - Two Gentlemen of Verona
The course of true love never did run smooth. - Midsummer Night's Dream
Love is a familiar. Love is a devil. There is no evil angel but Love. - Love's Labor's Lost
#22 - “Expectation is the root of all heartache.” - Not Shakespeare. Someone on Reddit has suggested it's a paraphrase of "Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises." from All's Well That Ends Well, but while the sentiment is very similar, I'm not sure the phrasing is close enough to merit combining it
#24 - “Presume not that I am the thing I was.” - Needs tagged as Henry IV Pt 2
#28 - “Listen to many, speak to a few.” - Paraphrased from Polonius's speech to Laerties in Hamlet. The actual quote is "Give every man thy ear but few thy voice." I spotted the actual quote at the bottom of page 4, so it can be merged too.
Third page:
#8 - “Do not swear by the moon, for she changes constantly. then your love would also change.” - Another paraphrase. The actual quote is: "O, swear not by the moon, th' inconstant moon, / That monthly changes in her circle orb, / Lest that thy love prove likewise variable."
Fifth page:
#9 - “Go wisely and slowly. Those who rush stumble and fall.” - Paraphrased. The actual quote is “Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.” which is about halfway down on Page 3. I couldn't figure out how to update this. When I tried, it gave me an error.
Sixth Page -
#21 - “If we are true to ourselves, we can not be false to anyone.” - Paraphrased. The actual quote is: "This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man." The phrasing is different enough that I figured I'd ask before changing anything.
Seventh Page -
#28 - “The best is yet to come.” - All's Well That Ends Well does have a "The best is yet to do" but “The best is yet to come.” is so well known I doubt they meant the Shakespeare version. Not sure what to do with this one.
Eleventh page -
#28 - “Discretion is the better part of valor.” - Henry IV Pt 1 has "The better part of valor is discretion", but the phrase as it's quoted is so well known, I'm not sure I should change it...
I'll save the other 104 pages for another day...