20 Famous Quotes That Were Never Actually Spoken
17. "Warts And All" - Oliver Cromwell
Supposedly Cromwell coined the phrase "warts and all" when he was directing artist Sir Peter Lely, who was painting a portrait of England's Lord Protector.
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There was no record of the phrase until Horace Walpole wrote about it in 1764, and there appears little to no evidence that Cromwell ever said it.