THE DOCTOR: Well, what’s the use of a good quotation if you can’t change it?
Doctor Who (1963–1989) British science fiction television series, original run (BBC)
22×07 “The Two Doctors,” Part 1 (1985-02-16) [w. Robert Holmes]
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(Source (Video)). Given after Peri notes a quotation the Doctor just attributed to Rassilon was actually Samuel Johnson. This line is from the Sixth Doctor (the Second Doctor being the other Doctor in the episode).
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True art selects and paraphrases, but seldom gives a verbatim translation.
Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836–1907) American writer, poet, critic, editor
“Leaves From a Notebook,” Ponkapog Papers (1903)
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Though old the thought and oft exprest,
‘Tis his at last who says it best.James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) American diplomat, essayist, poet
“For an Autograph,” Under the Willows and Other Poems (1868)
