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Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.
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.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Human success is a quotation from overhead.
Human success is a quotation from overhead.
