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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.
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.
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.
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.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.
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.
Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.
Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.
