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

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One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well.

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Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it.

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There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought.

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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.

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Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.

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He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.

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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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After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.

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There is only one way to defeat the enemy, and that is to write as well as one can. The best argument is an undeniably good book.

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