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«Those quotations were really quite obscure. Anyone can see that he is a very well read man.»
Author: Barbara Pym | About: Quotations | Keywords: obscure, quotations, well-read
«Quotations help us remember the simple yet profound truths that give life perspective and meaning. When it comes to life's most important lessons, we can all use gentle reminders.»
«The teachings of elegant sayings should be collected when one can. For the supreme gift of words of wisdom, any price will be paid.»
«The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.»
«The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.»
«The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.»
«The art of quotation requires more delicacy in the practice than those conceived who could see nothing more in a quotation than an extract»
«The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages, may be preserved through quotations»
«Quotation is the highest compliment you can pay to an author»
Author: Samuel Johnson (Critic, Poet, Writer) | About: Quotations | Keywords: quotation
«She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.»