Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.
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Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.
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It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I studied it intently. The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.
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Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
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Quotation.. A writer expresses himself in words that have been used before because they give his meaning better than he can give it himself, or because they are beautiful or witty, or because he expects them to touch a cord of association in his reader, or because he wishes to show that he is learned and well read. Quotations due to the last motive are invariably ill advised the discerning reader detects it and is contemptuous the undiscerning is perhaps impressed, but even then is at the same time repelled, pretentious quotations being the surest road to tedium.
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The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to be insulting.
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The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
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In order to find a good quotation in a dictionary of humorous quotations, I didn't leave any stone unturned.
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I never have found the perfect quote. At best I have been able to find a string of quotations which merely circle the ineffable idea I seek to express.
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I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations.'
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To be occasionally quoted is the only fame I care for.
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To be amused by what you readthat is the great spring of happy quotations.
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A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a witty person, but a pebble in the hands of a fool.
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In the dime stores and bus stations, People talk of situations, read books, repeat quotations, Draw conclusions on the wall
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A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.
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Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
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He that tries to recommend (Shakespeare) by select quotations, will succeed like the pedant in Hierocles, who, when he offered his house to sale, carried a brick in his pocket as a specimen
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She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the intrusion
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Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation
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In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
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If you have any doubt that we live in a society controlled by men, try reading down the index of contributors to a volume of quotations, looking for women's names
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The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.
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Quotations help us remember the simple yet profound truths that give life perspective and meaning. When it comes to life's most important lessons, we can all use gentle reminders.
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