“Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of all forests and mines and stone quarries; and every man is a quotation from all his ancestors”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read a book of quotations.”
Winston Churchill
“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.”
“Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation”
“The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.”
John Milton
“A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool.”
Joseph Roux
“A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.”
Brendan Francis
