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Miss Amesbury is especially happy in the use of quotations—

Miss Amesbury is especially happy in the use of quotations—and an apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence. – L.E. Landon, Romance and Reality, 1832

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There is indeed a strange prejudice against Quotation. – James Boswell, “The Hypochondriack,” No.XXII, 1779

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The maxims of men disclose their hearts. – French Proverb

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[D]ifferent people have different quotational gravity. – Willis Goth Regier, Quotology, 2010

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I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. – George Bernard Shaw

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