You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the read more

You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writers in the world.

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.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the read more

You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the world.

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.

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.

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.

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.