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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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.
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.
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.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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.
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.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
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 quote others only in order the better to express myself. •Michel De Montaigne Certain brief sentences read more
I quote others only in order the better to express myself. •Michel De Montaigne Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said. •Jean Rostand I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.
