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Ralph Waldo Emerson quote: "Quotation confesses inferiority."
Quotation confesses inferiority. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Samuel Johnson quote: "Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay an author."
Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay an author. Samuel Johnson
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Quotation , n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of..."
Quotation , n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. Ambrose Bierce
Oscar Wilde quote: "Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit."
Quotation is a serviceable substitute for wit. Oscar Wilde
Guy Debord quote: "Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist..."
Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs. Guy Debord
Isaac D'Israeli quote: "Quotations, like much better things, has its abuses."
Quotations, like much better things, has its abuses. Isaac D'Israeli
Ambrose Bierce quote: "Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of..."
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. Ambrose Bierce
Walter Benjamin quote: "Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out..."
Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction. Walter Benjamin
Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests, and mines, and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors. Ralph Waldo Emerson
To mention Boston we use 'Boston' or a synonym, and to mention 'Boston' we use ' 'Boston' ' or a synonym. ' 'Boston' ' contains six letters and just one pair of quotation marks; 'Boston' contains six letters and no quotation marks; and Boston contains some 800,000 people. Willard Van Orman Quine
In the theater, while you recognized that you were looking at a house, it was a house in quotation marks. On screen, the quotation marks tend to be blotted out by the camera. Arthur Miller
Susan Sontag quote: "The taste for quotations (and for the juxtaposition of..."
The taste for quotations (and for the juxtaposition of incongruous quotations) is a Surrealist taste. Susan Sontag
W. Somerset Maugham quote: "She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable..."
She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit. W. Somerset Maugham
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835? April 21, 1910), better known by the pen name Mark Twain, was an American humorist, satirist, writer, and lecturer. Twain is most noted for his novels Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which has since been called the Great American Novel, and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He is also known for his quotations. During his lifetime, Clemens became a friend to presidents, artists, leading industrialists, and European royalty. Clemens enjoyed immense... Mark Twain
To be apt in quotation is a splendid and dangerous gift. Splendid, because it ornaments a man's speech with other men's jewels; dangerous, for the same reason. Robertson Davies

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