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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.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.
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.
Human success is a quotation from overhead.
Human success is a quotation from overhead.
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
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.
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.