Quotation Slips

Famous quotes containing the words quotation and/or slips:

“Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.”
—Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

“I know the compassion of others is a relief at first. I don’t despise it. But it can’t quench pain, it slips through your soul as through a sieve. And when our suffering has been dragged from one pity to another, as from one mouth to another, we can no longer respect or love it.”
—Georges Bernanos (1888–1948)