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39 quotations about Quotations

The essence of a quote is the compression of a mass of thought and observation into a single saying.

A book that furnishes no quotations is no book -- it is a plaything.

A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.

To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.

It is better to be quotable than to be honest.

Famous remarks are very seldom quoted correctly.

A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished.

Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.

Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.

I not only use all the brains I have but all I can borrow.

A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.

Some, for renown, on scraps of learning dote, and think they grow immortal as they quote.

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