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Reality is the only word in the English language that should always be used in quotes.
Reality is the only word in the English language that should always be used in quotes.
Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests and mines and stone quarries; read more
Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests and mines and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors
An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.
An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.
To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful, an appreciation of the noble, read more
To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful, an appreciation of the noble, and a sense of the profound
In the dime stores and bus stations, People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, Draw conclusions on the wall
In the dime stores and bus stations, People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, Draw conclusions on the wall
Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.
Maybe our favorite quotations say more about us than about the stories and people we're quoting.
Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said
Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said
Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap read more
Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.
Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation
Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation
