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Quotes about Quotations
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“One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.”
“The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.”
“The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.”
“Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.”
“Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs.”
“The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.”
“Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.”
“Some, for renown, on scraps of learning dote, and think they grow immortal as they quote.”
“He wrapped himself in quotations -- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.”
“A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.”
“The profoundest thought or passion sleeps as in a mine, until an equal mind and heart finds and publishes it.”
“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”
“I improve on misquotation.”
“Life itself is a quotation.”
“Our best thoughts come from others.”
“I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”
“It is better to be quotable than to be honest.”
“Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.”
“I quote others in order to better express myself.”
“Be careful -- with quotations, you can damn anything.”
“To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.”
“I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.”
“Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come.”
“The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.”
“I not only use all the brains I have but all I can borrow.”
“A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.”
“A book that furnishes no quotations is no book -- it is a plaything.”
“I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.”
“Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.”
“It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.”