Acquire Quote by Charles Babbage

Most forgers are caught because they tell the wrong person about what they do.

— Wolfgang Beltracchi

Every document, apparently ancient, coming from the proper repository or custody, and bearing on its face no evident marks of forger, the law presumes…

— Simon Greenleaf

A skeptic is a person who, when he sees the handwriting on the wall, claims it is a forgery.

— Morris Bender

Some counterfeits reproduce so very well the truth that it would be a flaw of judgment not to be deceived by them.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“Forgery, being the weirdest form of creativity there is, like antiques, costs lives. Why is it that antiques demand sacrificial victims? Dunno, but if…

— Jonathan Gash

Some bolder spirits, indeed, might be expected to despise the cautious moderation of these timid reasoners, and to pronounce decisively, that the Bible was…

— William Wilberforce

There is much difference between imitating a good man and counterfeiting him.

— Benjamin Franklin

A bad forgery's the ultimate insult.

— John Grant

Authenticity is about where it comes from; validity is about whether it works.

— John Michael Greer

Accuracy is the twin brother of honesty; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.

— Tryon Edwards

Imitation, if it is not forgery, is a fine thing. It stems from a generous impulse, and a realistic sense of what can and…

— James Fenton

“And after all, it’s the words that matter, the fact that the Rejection was sent and accepted and the Assemblies established, and just by…

— Ann Leckie