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Quotation

A quotation is a fragment of a human expression that is being referred to by somebody else. Most often an quotation is taken from literature, but also sentences from a speech, scenes from a movie, elements of a painting, etc. may be quoted.

Proverbs and quotations have similar cultural influence. In case of extensive quoting from a work one needs to consider copyright and fair use.

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Thomas a Kempis

... first printed French copies appeared at Toulouse 1488. The earliest German translation was made in 1434 by J. de Bellorivo and is preserved in Cologne. The editions in ...

 
 
 
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