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.
The point of quotations is that one can use another's words to be insulting.
At twilight, nature is not without loveliness, though perhaps its chief use is to illustrate quotations from the poets.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I studied it intently. The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more.
I am reminded of the professor who, in his declining hours, was asked by his devoted pupils for his final counsel. He replied, 'Verify your quotations.'
The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages is preserved into perpetuity by a nation's proverbs, fables, folk sayings and quotations.
Misquotations are the only quotations that are never misquoted.
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
I never have found the perfect quote. At best I have been able to find a string of quotations which merely circle the ineffable idea I seek to express.