Human success is a quotation from overhead.

Human success is a quotation from overhead.

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

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

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.

It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.

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.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

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.

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

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