A facility for quotation covers the absence of original thought. Dorothy L. Sayers, Lord Peter Wimsey in "Gaudy Night"
English mystery author (1893 - 1957) Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. Sir Richard Steele What is an epigram? A dwarfish whole, its body brevity, and wit its soul. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
English critic & poet (1772 - 1834) A short saying oft contains much wisdom. Sophocles
Greek tragic dramatist (496 BC - 406 BC) A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool. Joseph Roux A little learning is a dangerous thing but a lot of ignorance is just as bad. Bob Edwards When Solomon said there was a time and a place for everything he had not encountered the problem of parking his automobile. Bob Edwards Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God. Heywood Broun
US journalist (1888 - 1939) Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. Albert Einstein
US (German-born) physicist (1879 - 1955) Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it. Henry David Thoreau
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