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• Quotology disdains no quotations whatsoever, a duty it bears stoutly, with bloodshot eyes and sagging shelves.

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  Eye, Sagging, Bears

  Willis Goth Regier (2010). “Quotology”, p.16, U of Nebraska Press

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• Great quotation collections glean the millennia, distill essences, and battle for bragging rights about who’s bigger, who’s smarter, who’s best. Who-knows-who-said-what has a market, a history, and a hall of fame.

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  Essence, Bragging Rights, Battle

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• Maria Edgeworth grumbled against vandals who ruined immortal works by quoting the life out of them. "How far our literature may in future suffer from these blighting swarms, will best be conceived by a glance at what they have already withered and blasted of the favourite productions of our most popular poets." Shakespeare, Milton, and Dryden, scissored, patched, and frayed.

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  Suffering, May, Literature

  Willis Goth Regier (2010). “Quotology”, p.19, U of Nebraska Press

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• Excellent flatterers welcome attentive audiences; mighty potentates enjoy public praise. In the most pleasing situation, a flatterer would genuinely admire the flatteree, please that person, please other present company, be pleased to stagger rivals, and get something out of it: applause, promotion, a favor, reciprocal praise. Flattery is as social as a banquet.

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  Rivals, Favors, Welcome

  Willis Goth Regier (2007). “In Praise of Flattery”, p.4, U of Nebraska Press

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• At its best, flattery is truth well dressed, and it is best dressed with fine see-through fabrics. Honest flattery can caress a lover, cover up a gaffe, and muffle aggression.

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  Fabric, Cover Ups, Lovers

  Willis Goth Regier (2007). “In Praise of Flattery”, p.8, U of Nebraska Press

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• Cunning authors cut to be quoted.

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  Cutting, Cunning

  Willis Goth Regier (2010). “Quotology”, p.70, U of Nebraska Press

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• Quotations calcify into clichés.

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  Citas

  Willis Goth Regier (2010). “Quotology”, p.19, U of Nebraska Press

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• Misquotation is quotology’s swamp. Amateur quoters mix and mangle Shakespeare and Scripture. Professors gaffe and printers bungle. It’s a mess we must wade into.

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  Wade, Swamps, Scripture

  Willis Goth Regier (2010). “Quotology”, p.17, U of Nebraska Press

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• [D]ifferent people have different quotational gravity.

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  People, Different, Gravity

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• Flattery works like a drug.

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  Drug, Flattery

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• If you flatter yourself properly you will be better able to enjoy yourself. Stretch your joy so that others enjoy you too.

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  Happiness, Joy, Able

  Willis Goth Regier (2007). “In Praise of Flattery”, p.17, U of Nebraska Press

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• In phrases as brief as a breath worldly wisdom concentrates.

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  Phrases, Worldly Wisdom, Breaths

  Willis Goth Regier (2010). “Quotology”, p.46, U of Nebraska Press

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• Quotologists encounter happy surprises, bright books by faded authors, treasures hidden under dust.

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  Book, Dust, Encounters

  Willis Goth Regier (2010). “Quotology”, p.17, U of Nebraska Press

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

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  Flirting, Flattery, Insult

  Willis Goth Regier (2007). “In Praise of Flattery”, p.13, U of Nebraska Press

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• Care for yourself enough to listen carefully to what you say to yourself.

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  Self, Care, Enough

  Willis Goth Regier (2007). “In Praise of Flattery”, p.19, U of Nebraska Press

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

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  Lying, Sleep, Compassion

  Willis Goth Regier (2007). “In Praise of Flattery”, p.18, U of Nebraska Press

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• Quotation lovers love rare words.

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  Lovers, Lovers Love, Quotations

  Willis Goth Regier (2010). “Quotology”, p.67, U of Nebraska Press

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• Quotations cause all kinds of trouble.

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  Causes, Kind, Trouble

  Willis Goth Regier (2010). “Quotology”, p.37, U of Nebraska Press

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• 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.

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  War, Book, Men

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• Di lo que quieras sin decirlo tú mismo: cita. Muy útil, esto, a veces encantador, y versátil, también: grandes pensamientos en trozos pequeños, cuidadosamente envueltos y empaquetados a granel, en diferentes sabores para diferentes gustos.

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  Lovely, Flavor, Want

  Willis Goth Regier (2010). “Quotology”, p.50, U of Nebraska Press

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• Like pollen on a honeybee, flattery clings to the things you tell yourself.

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  Flattery, Pollen

  Willis Goth Regier (2007). “In Praise of Flattery”, p.19, U of Nebraska Press

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• Flatter yourself critically.

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  Respect, Self Respect

  Willis Goth Regier (2007). “In Praise of Flattery”, p.19, U of Nebraska Press

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