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Every book is a quotation; and every house is a quotation out of a

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, “Plato; Or, The Philosopher”

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Collect as precious pearls the words of the wise and virtuous. – Abdelkader

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One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well. – Amos Bronson Alcott

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

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Then your words of abuse today may turn into a universally valid principle of denigration, for words are magical formulae. They leave fingermarks behind on the brain, which in the twinkling of an eye becomes the footprints of history. One ought to watch one’s every word. – Franz Kafka, quoted by Gustav Janouch, Conversations with Kafka

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