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Grocott’s Familiar Quotations with Parallel Passages from Various Writers (Bartleby)

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quotation : a passage referred to, repeated, or adduced — Webster See also OneLook, Free Dictionary, Wiktionary, Urban Dictionary

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Roget’s II (Thesaurus.com), Merriam-Webster Thesaurus, Visuwords

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Quotation is the repetition of one expression as part of another one, particularly when the quoted expression is well-known or explicitly attributed by citation to its original source, and it is indicated by (punctuated with) quotation marks. It can also refer to the repeated use of units of any other form of expression, especially parts of artistic works: elements of a painting, scenes from a movie or sections from a musical composition. — Wikipedia

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Fun (In a morbid sort of way ;))

Dying Words of Famous People: Collection of celebrity quotes (Brain Candy)</a
Famous Last Words (Wikiquote)
Famous Last Words (Wikipedia)

Game

The Game of Quotations (Milton Bradley via Amazon)

Poem

OEDILF: The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form

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Quotes of the Day Four humorous quotations each day from The Quotations Page

W. C. Sellar and R. J. Yeatman
on April 18, 2021 at 12:00 am
"For every person who wants to teach there are approximately thirty people who don't want to learn--much."
Will Durant
on April 18, 2021 at 12:00 am
"One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say."
H. G. Wells
on April 18, 2021 at 12:00 am
"Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe."
Don Juan Manuel
on April 18, 2021 at 12:00 am
"He who praises you for what you lack wishes to take from you what you have."
Steven Wright
on April 17, 2021 at 12:00 am
"My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted."