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.

Human success is a quotation from overhead.

Human success is a quotation from overhead.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

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.

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

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

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

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.

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.