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A single gnomic line can come to resonate with centuries of subsequent wisdom.
Gary Saul Morson
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Gary Saul Morson
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: January 1
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New York City
New York
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An anthology of quotations is a museum of utterances.
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Reframing an extract as a quotation constitutes a kind of coauthorship. With no change in wording, the cited passage becomes different. I imagine that the thrill of making an anthology includes the opportunity to become such a coauthor.
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The attribution of a speaker is in fact a part of the quotation. Some statements simply are better if a certain famous person said them.
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