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

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

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

Apothegms to thinking minds are the seeds from which spring vast fields of new thought, that may be further cultivated, read more

Apothegms to thinking minds are the seeds from which spring vast fields of new thought, that may be further cultivated, beautified, and enlarged.

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.

You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the read more

You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the world.

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.

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.

A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.