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The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make. •Vice read more
The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make. •Vice President Dan Quayle Quoting: the act of repeating erroneously the words of another. •Ambrose Bierce You could compile the worst book in the world entirely out of selected passages from the best writes in the world.
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.
It is better to be quotable than to be honest.
It is better to be quotable than to be honest.
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.
The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.
The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.
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.
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.