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Quotation is the act of repeating erroneously the words of another
A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Sound maxims are the germs of good; strongly imprinted in the memory, they nourish the will
I do not say a proverb is amiss when aptly and reasonably applied, but to be forever discharging them, right or wrong, hit or miss, renders conversation insipid and vulgar
I believe there's no proverb but what is true; they are all so many sentences and maxims drawn from experience, the universal mother of sciences
A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience
A witty saying proves nothing
Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors
I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation
Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author
Classical quotation is the parole of literary men all over the world
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On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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