Books Quote by James Boswell

“If there wasn't plagiarism then I would have some very good quotes”

— Benjamin Wang

The greater part of our writers have become so original, that no one cares to imitate them: and those who never quote in return…

— Isaac D'Israeli

We sometimes think of quotations as extracts from larger texts, but some quotations originated complete unto themselves.

— Gary Saul Morson

“The forms of direct-half-hidden and completely hidden quoting were endlessly varied, as were the forms for framing quotations by a context, forms of intonational…

— Mikhail Bakthin

Originality, I fear, is too often only undetected and frequently unconscious plagiarism.

— William Ralph Inge

“Wilson Mizner said if you copy from one author, it’s plagiarism, but if you copy from many, it’s research.”

— Austin Kleon

Some lines are born quotations, some are made quotations, and some have "quotation" thrust upon them.

— Gary Saul Morson

It is indeed certain, that whoever attempts any common topick, will find unexpected coincidences of his thoughts with those of other writers; nor can…

— Samuel Johnson

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

— William Ralph Inge

Originality is nothing but judicious plagiarism.

— Voltaire

plagiarism, n. A literary coincidence compounded of a discreditable priority and an honorable subsequence.

— Ambrose Bierce

Originality usually amounts only to plagiarizing something unfamiliar.

— Anonymous