The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation read more

The adventitious beauty of poetry may be felt in the greater delight with a verse given in a happy quotation than in the poem.

Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.

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

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

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.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

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

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

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

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

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.