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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.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
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.
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. read more
He presents me with what is always an acceptable gift who brings me news of a great thought before unknown. He enriches me without impoverishing himself.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
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.
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.
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.
