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I do not speak the minds of others except to speak my own mind better.
Michel de Montaigne1533–1592Essais (wr. 1571–92; pub. 1580–95), Book I, Ch. 26. On the Education of Children
Proverbs are the palm-oil with which words are eaten.
Chinua Achebe1930–2013Things Fall Apart (1958), Chapter 1
- Talking
I ask for your indulgence when I march out quotations. This is the double syndrome of men who write for a living and men who are over forty. The young smoke pot — we inhale from our Bartlett’s.
Rod Serling1924–1975Speech at Moorpark College, Moorpark, California (December 3, 1968).
- Age
I don’t really deeply feel that anyone needs an airtight reason for quoting from the works of writers he loves, but it’s always nice, I’ll grant you, if he has one.
J. D. Salinger1919–2010Seymour: An Introduction (1959)