The boys and I are practicing the correct use of quotation marks today. Some examples were so good, I wanted to share...
C. Simmons once said, "It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'No.'"
Albert Payson Terhune said, "Win without boasting. Lose without excuse."
"Too much rest," said Sir Walter Scott, "is rust."
Sir William Osler said, "We are here to add what we can to, not to get what we can from life."
"Never say more than is necessary." said Richard Sheridan.
("Wow, I don't think I'm living that wisdom," Cari Johnson shamefully admitted.)
"The highest learning is to be wise," said T.L. Haines,"and the greatest wisdom is to be good."
"He must increase, but I must decrease," said John the Baptist.
A wise man said, "Good temper is like a sunny day; it sheds its brightness on everything."
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less."
