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.

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather read more

Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

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

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

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.

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.

The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation read more

The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem.