Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather read more

Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely-read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.

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.

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.

Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.

A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.

Quotations (such as have point and lack triteness) from the great old authors are an act of reverence on the read more

Quotations (such as have point and lack triteness) from the great old authors are an act of reverence on the part of the quoter, and a blessing to a public grown superficial and external.