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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.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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. •Michel De Montaigne Certain brief sentences read more
I quote others only in order the better to express myself. •Michel De Montaigne Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. •Jean Rostand I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
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.
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.
Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.
Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.