My bones are my unique home.

Speaking one’s mind once is more honorable than quoting a thousand men.

For the most difficult way to be retweeted, or, liked: be thought-provoking. For the easiest way: quote Oprah, or, the Bible.

Perhaps the most powerful and appealing aspect of another’s words, however, is simply their convenience. Whether distilled in the briefest apophthegm, or spread out across some voluminous tome, the thought is ready-made, the heavy lifting...

Of course, you cannot just blurt out a quote whenever you feel like it. For a quote to have the desired effect, it must be properly introduced.

[An example of misattribution:]If you don’t know the source of a quote,you can always make it sound better by attributing it to me.— Mark Twain

Et que faudrait-il faire ?Chercher un protecteur puissant, prendre un patron,Et comme un lierre obscur qui circonvient un troncEt s’en fait un tuteur en lui léchant l’écorce,Grimper par ruse au lieu de s’élever par force...