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Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
It is better to be quotable than to be honest.
It is better to be quotable than to be honest.
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. •George Bernard Shaw It is better to read more
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.
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.
Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.
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.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
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.