I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. •George Bernard Shaw It is better to be quotable than to be honest. •Tom Stoppard Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations. •Orson Welles Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
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One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
I quote others only in order the better to express myself.
Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.
Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.
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.
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.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by 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.
Apothegms to thinking minds are the seeds from which spring vast fields of new thought, that may be further cultivated, read more
Apothegms to thinking minds are the seeds from which spring vast fields of new thought, that may be further cultivated, beautified, and enlarged.
