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At all events, the next best thing to being witty one's self, is t

At all events, the next best thing to being witty one’s self, is to be able to quote another’s wit. – Christian Nestell Bovee, “Quoters and Quoting,” Institutions and Summaries of Th

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Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs. – Guy Debord

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