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One good quote is worth a book
One good quote is worth a book
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
I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.
I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
He that tries to recommend (Shakespeare) by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant in "Hierocles", who, when he offered read more
He that tries to recommend (Shakespeare) by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant in "Hierocles", who, when he offered his house to sale, carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen
Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author
Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author
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.
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.
To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.
To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.