Famous Quotations That No One Actually Said in the First Place

“Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.” — Sigmund Freud.

Quotes famous people never used
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Sigmund Freud was considered the founder of psychoanalysis, and he certainly have a lot to say about psychosexual concepts like penis envy, the Oedipus complex, etc. So it certainly made sense that he would mouth off this quote about finding double entendres where they’re not. But historians claim he never said it.

 

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