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“I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.” - Marlene Dietrich “One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.” - Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888) “The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.” - Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881) “People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.” - David H. Comins “A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought. “ - Dorothy L. Sayers (1893 - 1957) “A short saying oft contains much wisdom.” - Sophocles
“I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.” - George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) "A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.” - Joseph Roux “What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.” - Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Notebooks (1935) “Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?” - Philip G. Hamerton
“He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.” - Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) “I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.” - Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD) “A short saying oft contains much wisdom.” - Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC) “I didn't really say everything I said.” - Yogi Berra (1925 - ) "It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations." - Winston Churchill

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QUOTES - about

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“I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.” - Marlene Dietrich “One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.” - Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888) “The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.” - Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881) “People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.” - David H. Comins “A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought. “ - Dorothy L. Sayers (1893 - 1957) “A short saying oft contains much wisdom.” - Sophocles
“I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation.” - George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) "A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.” - Joseph Roux “What a good thing Adam had. When he said a good thing he knew nobody had said it before.” - Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Notebooks (1935) “Have you ever observed that we pay much more attention to a wise passage when it is quoted than when we read it in the original author?” - Philip G. Hamerton
“He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.” - Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936) “I shall never be ashamed of citing a bad author if the line is good.” - Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD) “A short saying oft contains much wisdom.” - Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC) “I didn't really say everything I said.” - Yogi Berra (1925 - ) "It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations." - Winston Churchill

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