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It is better to be quotable than to be honest.
It is better to be quotable than to be honest.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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.