A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

I didn't say that I didn't say it. I said that I didn't say that I said it. I want read more

I didn't say that I didn't say it. I said that I didn't say that I said it. I want to make that very clear.

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.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

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 hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

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

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

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.

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.