Famous Sayings - Why We Should Appreciate Quotes

The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations.

-Benjamin Disraeli

A quick comment about this quote

This quote is really a quote of what quotes are all about. Again we have the theme of wisdom, but here we go one step further. If wisdom were to be forgotten by a single generation, then wisdom would be re-invented every 40-60 years. This should not be.

Quotes allow us to pass along lasting wisdom over time, in an easy and memorable way, and keep wisdom for as long as we continue to exist as humans.

So we should become pundits and purveyors of quotes, making good use of them, pass them along to our children and students, to the young and the old. Many will often identify with certain quotes, and what better way to communicate wisdom but with a quote?

What to do with this famous saying:

Quote freely, quote liberally, but quote, quote, quote! Quote what is worth quoting, quote what is simple to understand, quote what is confounding and perplexing. Get people to think, to become wiser and more attentive to be wise. Perpetuate quotes of the day, of the week, of the month, of the year. There are enough quotes to last for each day of a lifetime, several times over!

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