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I must claim the quoter's privilege of giving only as much of the text as will suit my purpose, said read more
I must claim the quoter's privilege of giving only as much of the text as will suit my purpose, said Tan-Chun. If I told you how it went on, I should end up by contradicting myself!
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal ideas from many is research.
To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal ideas from many is research.
Words of love, are works of love.
Words of love, are works of love.
Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.
Definition of a classic: a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have.
A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the read more
A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the intrusion.
I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.
I think we must quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing.
There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart read more
There are words which sever hearts more than sharp swords; there are words the point of which sting the heart through the course of a whole life.
By words the mind is winged.
By words the mind is winged.
Quotation... A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because they give his meaning better than he read more
Quotation... A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because they give his meaning better than he can give it himself, or because they are beautiful or witty, or because he expects them to touch a cord of association in his reader, or because he wishes to show that he is learned and well read. Quotations due to the last motive are invariably ill-advised; the discerning reader detects it and is contemptuous; the undiscerning is perhaps impressed, but even then is at the same time repelled, pretentious quotations being the surest road to tedium.
