Quotations

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.
Benjamin Disraeli
Experience
Wisdom
Quotations
I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.
Marlene Dietrich
Love
Thoughts
Authority
Joy
Quotations
Quotations are useful in periods of ignorance or obscurantist beliefs.
Guy Debord
Beliefs
Ignorance
Quotations
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.
Winston Churchill
Books
Man
Quotations
It is always the same: women bedeck themselves with jewels and furs, and men with wit and quotations.
Maurice Chevalier
Men
Women
Jewels
Quotations
Wit
I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive or defensive, amid the struggle of this turbulent existence.
Robert Burns
Existence
Mind
Quotations
Struggle
Quotations in my work are like wayside robbers who leap out armed and relieve the stroller of his conviction.
Walter Benjamin
Work
Conviction
Quotations
I need no dictionary of quotations to remind me that the eyes are the windows of the soul.
Max Beerbohm
Soul
Eyes
Quotations
Windows