Book Description
identified by the largest ongoing language research programme in the world, Oxford English Corpus. This ensures that all the most popular and widely-used quotes are featured.
An easy-to-use keyword index traces quotations and their authors, while the appendix material, including Catchphrases, Film Lines, Official Advice, and Political Slogans, offers further topics of interest.
This is the most authoritative paperback dictionary of quotations available. Containing over 9,000 quotations from more than 2,500 authors, it is both a fascinating read, and an invaluable general reference tool.
Below is a selection of quotes from the new edition:
Integrity has no need of rules Albert Camus
Where there is great love there are always miracles Willa Cather
We have discovered the meaning of life! Francis Crick
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm R. W. Emerson
Just trust yourself and learn the art of living Goethe
In human relations, kindness and lies are worth a thousand truths Graham Greene
The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws Tacitus
