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The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.
The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.
Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather read more
Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
Human success is a quotation from overhead.
Human success is a quotation from overhead.
The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation read more
The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
