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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.
There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one.
There's one good kind of writer -- a dead one.
In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.
In judging others, folks will work overtime for no pay.
That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting.
That is the point of quotations. One can use another's words to be insulting.
Fine words! I wonder where you stole 'em.
[Lat., Libertas et natale solum.]
Fine words! I wonder where you stole 'em.
[Lat., Libertas et natale solum.]
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.
Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths pure theatre.
Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.
Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders.
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called
research, would it?
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called
research, would it?
We can say nothing but what hath been said . . . Our poets steal
from Homer . . read more
We can say nothing but what hath been said . . . Our poets steal
from Homer . . . . Our storydressers do as much; he that comes
last is commonly best.
