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Books of quotation are not only of importance to the reader for wh

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

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It is a rich storehouse for those who love quotations. It is as full of fine bon mots as a Christmas pudding is full of plums. – “Fitz-Greene Halleck as a Poet,” Hours at Home: A Popular Monthly of Instruction

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A single gnomic line can come to resonate with centuries of subsequent wisdom. – Gary Saul Morson, The Words of Others: From Quotations to Culture, 2011

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The proper proportions of a maxim: a minimum of sound to a maximum of sense. – Mark Twain

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A proverb is an exploding atom of wisdom. – Gaston Kaboré

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Whatever you do, make it an offering to me — the food you eat, the sacrifices you make, the help you give, even your suffering. – Bhagavad Gita

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