“Most anthologists... of quotations are like those who eat cherries... first picking the best ones and winding up by eating everything.”
Chamfort
“It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.”
Winston Churchill
“I hate quotation. Tell me what you know.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognizably wiser than oneself.”
Marlene Dietrich
“Stay at home in your mind. Don't recite other people's opinions. I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”
“It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. The quotations, when engraved upon the memory, give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.”
“Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.”
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
