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I\u2019ve blogged in the past about sayings which were attributed to various figures \u2013 Mother Teresa and Reinhold Niebuhr<\/a> \u2013 while others have addressed Albert Einstein<\/a>\u00a0and Josh Groban<\/a>.<\/p>\n

One thought that struck me is that we tend to have saying gravitate from less famous people to more famous ones, and new sayings fabricated and attributed to famous individuals. I found myself wondering whether we ever have sayings misattributed to non-historical figures. And if not, does that have any bearing on the historicity of Jesus?<\/p>\n

The Ink Paper Pen blog<\/a> has some other examples of sayings which were originally anonymous\u00a0or by someone who is not famous, and were subsequently attributed to famous people. And Chris Porter has been trying to track down the source of a quote attributed to John Calvin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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