Carolina QuotesAs a beauty I'm not a great star, There are others more handsome by far, But my face, I don't mind it, Because I'm behind it — Tis the people in front that I jar.
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Reported as a misattribution in Paul F. Boller, Jr., and John George, They Never Said It: A Book of Fake Quotes, Misquotes, & Misleading Attributions (1989), p. 131-32; Boller and George note that Wilson was so fond of quoting this limerick that others thought he had written it. In fact, it was written by a minor poet named Anthony Euwer, and conveyed to Wilson by his daughter Eleanor.
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- p. 131-32
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“As a beauty I'm not a great star, There are others more hand…” Woodrow Wilson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-A47B1FF70C. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/a47b1ff70c
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