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Attributed to 19th century Mexican dictator Porfirio Díaz, the lament first bubbled up in the mainstream American press during the 1940s and has been rubbed in the faces of Mexicans ever since.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2024

Attributed to Henry Ford: “Those who think they can, and those who think they can’t ... They are probably right.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 19, 2022

Attributed first to Rembrandt and later to Pieter de Hooch, the canvas was only identified as a Vermeer original in 1862.

From Fox News • May 16, 2019

Attributed to Robert de Lannoy of Paris, it is a study in idealization and dignified restraint — down to the orderly rivuletlike textures of the saint’s camel-hair coat.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2018

Note.—This edition includes six "Attributed Poems," but omits Hints from Horace, Transl. of Francesca of Rimini, and the Occasional Pieces first collected in the editions of 1831 and 1832-1833.

From The Works of Lord Byron, Vol. 7. Poetry by Coleridge, Ernest Hartley