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

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

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.

Human success is a quotation from overhead.

Human success is a quotation from overhead.

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

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

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. •George Bernard Shaw It is better to read more

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. •George Bernard Shaw It is better to be quotable than to be honest. •Tom Stoppard Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations. •Orson Welles Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.