Pithy sentences are like sharp nails which force truth upon our memory.
-Denis Diderot
By necessity, by proclivity, and by delight, we all quote. In fact, it is as difficult to appropriate the thoughts of others as it is to invent.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
I can remember a reporter asking me for a quote, and I didn't know what a quote was. I thought it was some kind of soft drink.
-Joe DiMaggio
A witty saying proves nothing.
-Voltaire
"Always be wary of people who use quotes." I don't know who said that.
Tut, tut! Now half of the article has been pushed under the window. That's not good!
-TV Tropes Wiki
A
Wiki Trope about that lesser dreaded malady of the Wiki: page quote overdose.
On occasions, a brief and snappy
Epigraph at the header of the page can far more easily capture the gist of a trope than the descriptive text below it. And maybe another quote can serve to give a different angle on the trope.
But then someone else just happens to find this
really bonzer new quote that is positively sidesplitting, and, rather than be so bold as to
slice out a previous quote, they just append it to the rest of them.
Tut, tut! Now half of the article has been pushed under the window. That's not good!
This is another case of Too Much Of A Good Thing, and an instance where the
Wiki Magic gets a bit out of control,
Sorcerer's Apprentice-style. It gets even worse when they leave out the indent markup (-->), leaving the text normal-sized and indistinguishable from the body...
