Cunning authors cut to be quoted.

Flattery.... gets its kicks by flirting with insult and ridicule.

In phrases as brief as a breath worldly wisdom concentrates.

Ralph Keyes calls quotation collectors "quotographers," the men and women who gather catchwords, watchwords, war words, winged words, maxims, mottos, sayings, and quips into books of a thousand pages. Through the centuries quotation collectors have saved quotations that would otherwise be lost.

Flattery works like a drug.

Quotation lovers love rare words.

Flatter yourself critically.