Library sources
Quotation text, author names and topic tags may come from open datasets, public sources and editorial research. The English library combines QuoteSlate, distributed with an MIT licence and requested attribution, with the English Quotes dataset by Abir ELTAIEF. Its dataset card states a CC BY 4.0 licence and identifies Goodreads quote pages as the collection source.
The German library uses the Wikiquotes German dataset by CareTech OWL, which identifies German Wikiquote as its source and is distributed under CC BY-SA 4.0. German quotation records retain the dataset acknowledgement and licence information in the delivered data.
WordPress retrieves the files on the server, removes malformed records and entries whose source tags explicitly flag a disputed attribution, normalizes author names, removes duplicates and caches a separate result for each language. The website acknowledges the collections here and on the topic pages.
The licences and source acknowledgements describe the datasets and their curation. They do not automatically place the words of every quoted author in the public domain or grant rights that belong to an author, publisher, translator or other rights holder.
Attribution is not certainty
A displayed author name is not a scholarly authenticity guarantee. Quotations may be disputed, translated differently, shortened, paraphrased, incorrectly attributed or missing an original source. Important quotations should be checked against a primary work, transcript, archive or reliable scholarly edition.
For quotations already researched by our editorial workflow, the Source Center publishes the popular wording, documented wording, verification status, context and a direct primary-source link.
Copyright and other rights
Inclusion does not mean that a quotation is in the public domain or free of third-party rights. Copyright, related rights, trademark rights, personality rights or contractual limits may apply. Visitors are responsible for determining whether a planned publication, advertisement, product or commercial reuse is permitted.
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