Common adage incorrectly attributed to a single author

[Samantha]

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4455...

This saying pre-dates this man, and it should not be attributed to him.

[Carol She's So Novel꧁꧂]

Samantha wrote: "https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/4455...

This saying pre-dates this man, and it should not be attributed to him."

Hi Samantha

There is a lot of evidence that this is a depression era saying

https://www.fdrlibrary.org/use-it-up-...

I can add a tag to this quote like 'wrongly attributed' but as a regular librarian I can't delete it as I can't delete a quote with more than ten likes.

I think a Super should make this decision. Can you add Needs a Super to the title of this thread. This is only possible in the desktop view.

[Emily]

I saw this thread and have deleted the quote.

[Samantha]

Thank you!