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Whenever we would prepare the mind by a forcible appeal, an opening quotation is a symphony preluding on the chords whose tones we are about to harmonize. – Isaac D’Israeli, “Quotation,” A Second Series of Curiosities of Literature

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In these circumstances I think we must take the bull by the horns… and, making due allowances, quote whenever we feel that the allusion is interesting or helpful or amusing. – Clifton Fadiman, c.1955

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Ralph Keyes calls quotation collectors “quotographers,” the men and women who gather catchwords, watchwords, war words, winged words, maxims, mottos, sayings, and quips into books of a thousand pages. Through the centuries quotation collectors have saved quotations that would otherwise be lost. – Willis Goth Regier, Quotology, 2010

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Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted. – Hesketh Pearson

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Centuries have not worm-eaten the solidity of this ancient furniture of the mind. – Isaac D’Israeli

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The rich man in his castle, the poor man at his gate, God made them, high or lowly, and ordered their estate. – Cecil Frances Alexander

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Dad kept us out of school, but school comes and goes. Family is forever. – Charlie Sheen

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