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.

Human success is a quotation from overhead.

Human success is a quotation from overhead.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

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.

He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily read more

He is a benefactor of mankind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may be easily impressed on the memory, and so recur habitually to the mind.

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

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

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

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

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.