Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

I quote others only in order the better to express myself.

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.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

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.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the read more

You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the world.

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.

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

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