Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. M…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. Many will read the book before one thinks of quoting a passage. As soon as he has done this, that line will be quoted east and west. ✨ Journal (1867)
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