Quote Genre: Quotations

Sir Henry Wotton – ‘I am but a gatherer and disp…

‘I am but a gatherer and disposer of other mens stuff at my best value.’

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Doctor Who – ‘Whats the use of a good quot…

‘Whats the use of a good quotation if you cant change it?’

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Alfred North Whitehead – ‘Everything of importance has…

‘Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.’

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Orson Welles – ‘Now we sit through Shakespea…

‘Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.’

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Vauvenargues – ‘Few maxims are true from eve…

‘Few maxims are true from every point of view.’

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Carl Van Doren – ‘The most familiar quotations…

‘The most familiar quotations are the most likely to be misquoted…. Some have passed over from literature into speech.’

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Unknown – ‘Life is like quotations. Som…

‘Life is like quotations. Sometimes it makes you laugh. Sometimes it makes you cry. Most of the time you dont get it.’

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Mark Twain – ‘It is my belief that nearly …

‘It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation played with confidence stands a good chance to deceive.’

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Ralph Waldo Emerson – ‘We are as much informed of a…

‘We are as much informed of a writers genius by what he selects as by what he originates.’

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George Eliot – ‘In spite of his practical ab…

‘In spite of his practical ability some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations.’

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