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

What a good thing Adam had — when he said a good thing, he knew nobody had said it before. – Mark Twain, 1867

So our student will flit like a busy bee through the entire garden of literature, light on every blossom, collect a little nectar from each, and carry it to his hive… – Desiderius Erasmus, De Copia, 1512, translated

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