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.

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.

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.

Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.

Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.

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.

Quotations offer one kind of break in what the eye can see, the ear can hear.

Quotations offer one kind of break in what the eye can see, the ear can hear.

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

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

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.