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A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
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.
Human success is a quotation from overhead.
Human success is a quotation from overhead.
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.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.
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.