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A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself. •Michel De Montaigne Certain brief sentences read more
I quote others only in order the better to express myself. •Michel De Montaigne Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. •Jean Rostand I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
Quotations (such as have point and lack triteness) from the great old authors are an act of reverence on the read more
Quotations (such as have point and lack triteness) from the great old authors are an act of reverence on the part of the quoter, and a blessing to a public grown superficial and external.
Apothegms to thinking minds are the seeds from which spring vast fields of new thought, that may be further cultivated, read more
Apothegms to thinking minds are the seeds from which spring vast fields of new thought, that may be further cultivated, beautified, and enlarged.
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
I didn't say that I didn't say it. I said that I didn't say that I said it. I want read more
I didn't say that I didn't say it. I said that I didn't say that I said it. I want to make that very clear.