Quotation lovers love rare words.

Flatter yourself critically.

Quotation lovers love rare words.

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.

[D]ifferent people have different quotational gravity.

A little flattery, like a warm bath and soft towel, will let you get along with yourself, lie down with yourself, and sleep.