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Many people misattribute the quote to the wrong author.
To incorrectly assign a cause, source, or credit to something.
She often misattributes her success to luck.
They misattribute the invention to the wrong scientist.
It's easy to misattribute a song to the wrong band.
misattribute a quote
misattribute credit
misattribute a source
misassign
miscredit
misidentify