They are the abridgments of wisdom. – Sumner Ellis, Hints on Preaching: A Cloud of Witnesses, 1879
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A beautiful verse, an apt remark, or a well-turned phrase, appropriately quoted, is always effective and charming. – Marie Anne de Vichy-Chamrond du Deffand
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
No claim is made here for scholarship, or for the earliest use of a quote or even, in some cases, the precise wording…. No matter: in my opinion, they are in this form graceful, compact and cogent. – R.I. Fitzhenry, preface to The David & Charles Book of Quotations, September 198
I think if you have a two-story office and you hire someone whos handicapped, it might be reasonable to let him have an office on the first floor rather than the government saying you have to have a $100,000 elevator. – Rand Paul
If one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of his creation it would appear that God has a special fondness for stars and beetles. – John B. S. Haldane
