A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.

A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.

Quotations (such as have point and lack triteness) from the great old authors are an act of reverence on the read more

Quotations (such as have point and lack triteness) from the great old authors are an act of reverence on the part of the quoter, and a blessing to a public grown superficial and external.

Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I think we must.. quote whenver we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

I think we must.. quote whenver we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.

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

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

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.

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.