quotes Quotes

“I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”

“We do not believe our own thought; we must serve somebody; we must quote somebody; we dote on the old and the distant; we are tickled by great names; we import the religion of other nations; we quote their opinions; we cite their laws.”

“But she finds it so difficult to verbalize, Charles dear. It helps her if she can quote instead of working out words of her own.”

“It has been said that civilization is twenty-four hours and two meals away from barbarism.”