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Misquotation is, in fact, the pride and privilege of the learned. A widely- read man never quotes accurately, for the rather obvious reason that he has read too widely.
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Hesketh Pearson, Common Misquotations (1934), Introduction
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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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Marlene Dietrich (1901 - 1992)
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He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.
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Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
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What's the use of a good quotation if you can't change it?
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Doctor Who
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After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations.
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H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956), on Shakespeare
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A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
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Joseph Roux
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The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to be insulting.
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Amanda Cross (1926 - )
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A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought.
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Dorothy L. Sayers (1893 - 1957), Lord Peter Wimsey in "Gaudy Night"
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The wisdom of the wise, and the experience of ages, may be preserved by quotation.
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Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
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Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.
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Orson Welles (1915 - 1985)
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