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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 need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul
I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul
Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap read more
Proverbs often contradict one another, as any reader soon discovers. The sagacity that advises us to look before we leap promptly warns us that if we hesitate we are lost; that absence makes the heart grow fonder, but out of sight, out of mind.
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.
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests and mines and stone quarries; read more
Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests and mines and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen read more
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
