One good quote is worth a book

One good quote is worth a book

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful, an appreciation of the noble, read more

To quote copiously and well requires taste, judgment and erudition, a feeling for the beautiful, an appreciation of the noble, and a sense of the profound

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.

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.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages, may be preserved through quotations

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages, may be preserved through quotations

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.

Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.