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a pleasure to be able to quote lines to fit any occasion

is a thought one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.

a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.

is memory serves him with a word as good.

is next to its originator, for Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage, and as soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west.

the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west.

is not only important in what it contains of matured thought, but also for what it sparks in our brain, making it luminous.

Books of quotation are not only of importance to the reader for what they contain of matured thought, but also for what they suggest. Our brains receive the spark and become luminous, like inflammable material by the contact of flint and steel. - Maturin M. Ballou, January 1886, preface to Edge-Tools of Speech

 derives its power from the authority of its originator. A good saying often runs the risk of being thrown away when quoted as the speaker's own.

A good saying often runs the risk of being thrown away when quoted as the speaker's own. Jean de la Bruyere

is all about timing. A quotation whose time has come is stronger than an army.

Stronger than an army is a quotation whose time has come. - W.I.E. Gates, quoted in Peter's Quotations: Ideas for Our Times by Laurence J. Peter, 1977

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