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Reality is the only word in the English language that should always be used in quotes.
Reality is the only word in the English language that should always be used in quotes.
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.
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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
She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.
She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote.
Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach, for it is read more
Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach, for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips
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.
