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Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation.

Yields falsehood when preceded by its quotation.

"The Ways of Paradox and other Essays (The Ways of Paradox)". Book by Willard Van Orman Quine, 1966.

One may quote till one compiles.

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 653-54, Curiosities of Literature, 1922.

Proverbs are potted wisdom.

Charles Buxton, John Llewelyn Davies (1873). “Notes of Thought”

Quotations are feeble; you always regret making them.

Dorothy Miller Richardson (1967). “Pilgrimage”

Avoid overuse of 'quotation “marks.”'

William Safire, Leonard Safir (1990). “Words of Wisdom”, p.213, Simon and Schuster

Some quotations," said Zellaby, "are greatly improved by lack of context.

John Wyndham (2008). “The Midwich Cuckoos”, p.85, Penguin UK

You can always find an evolutionary quotation for anything. But the question is whether it's functional, which is not the same as being evolutionary.

"Daniel Kahneman: The Thought Leader Interview". Interview with Michael Schrage, www.strategy-business.com. 2003.

Quotation confesses inferiority.

Letters and Social Aims "Quotation and Originality" (1876)

I surround myself with inspirational quotations.

Blake Mycoskie (2012). “Start Something That Matters”, p.58, Random House

Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.

Ambrose Bierce (2016). “The Devil's Dictionary: The Devil World”, p.174, 谷月社

[Proverbs] are short sayings made out of long experience.

Zora Neale Hurston (1995). “Zora Neale Hurston: Novels and Stories: Jonah's Gourd Vine / Their Eyes Were Watching God / Moses, Man of the Mountain / Seraph on the Suwanee / Selected Stories”

Quotations calcify into clichés.

Willis Goth Regier (2010). “Quotology”, p.19, U of Nebraska Press

The everlasting quotation-lover dotes on the husks of learning.

Maria Edgeworth (1850). “Harrington, and thoughts on bores, v. 17-18”

Quotation lovers love rare words.

Willis Goth Regier (2010). “Quotology”, p.67, U of Nebraska Press

Oh, I don't read. I skulk about in search of quotations that might make me appear educated.

Tasha Alexander (2013). “The Lady Emily Omnibus (Books 1-4): And Only to Deceive, A Poisoned Season, A Fatal Waltz, Tears of Pearl”, p.474, Hachette UK