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.

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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