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I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
Quotations offer one kind of break in what the eye can see, the ear can hear.
Quotations offer one kind of break in what the eye can see, the ear can hear.
It is better to be quotable than to be honest.
It is better to be quotable than to be honest.
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.
Human success is a quotation from overhead.
Human success is a quotation from overhead.
The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make. •Vice read more
The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make. •Vice President Dan Quayle Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another. •Ambrose Bierce You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the world.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.