As many people, so many pronouncements.
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—Terence, *160 BC
Quotation confesses inferiority.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1876
I always have a quotation for everything – it saves original thinking.
—Dorothy L. Sayers, 1932
A witty saying proves nothing.
—Voltaire, 1767
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The original Latin sounds even better: “Quot homines, tot sententiae”.
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Primer: On Quotations