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Does anyone know this quote about quotes?

ok. its a quote about quotes. and how people shoudnt quote things they didnt say or how they should come up with their own stuff. I keep thinking robert frost because I was doing research o him at the time but im not sure if its him. I have this friend that quotes stuff all the time and I want to tell him this one for fun. so if anyone knows it id appreciate it. :]

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Answer #1

You might find some info here:

quotationspage.com/quotes/Robert_Frost

Good luck !!

Answer #2

If this isn’t it, it’s similar at least… I love this quote. And Oscar.

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone elses opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.” Oscar Wilde

Answer #3

its ‘did u know that 75% of satistics and “quotes” are made up on the spot’ dont know who said it though ive heard a few variations though so im not sure which was the original one

Answer #4

My favorite metaquote is:

Next to being witty yourself, the best thing is to quote another’s wit –Christian N. Bovee

Answer #5

not exactly what i was thinking of. thanks for trying though.

Answer #6

“The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.”

  • Robert Benchley

“It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations.”

  • Sir Winston Churchill

“I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”

  • Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.”

  • W. Somerset Maugham
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