He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.
Now we sit through Shakespeare in order to recognize the quotations.
I improve on misquotation.
The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to be insulting.
What's the use of a good quotation if you can't change it?
At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets.
Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.
Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
A quotation in a speech, article or book is like a rifle in the hands of an infantryman. It speaks with authority.