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

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

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

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

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

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.

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.

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 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.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

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

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