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Here’s an exception:
If the authors you want to quote passed away a long time ago, such as Confucius, Socrates, William Shakespeare, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry Thoreau, Mark Twain, Albert Einstein, and others,
you can use their quotes without obtaining permission because they belong to the public domain.
As a general rule, unless you’re sure the quotations you’re planning to use are free of copyright, it’s better to ask the authors for authorization.
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