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The Oxford Dictionary Of Quotations (1941)

by Oxford University Press(Favorite Author)

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English

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New York, NY, U.S.A. Oxford University Press

review 1: No, I haven't read this book in its entirety.But in the last 15 years or so, I've still kept coming back to it again and again.Wether for a quick Latin or French quote, or a Shakespeare one, or any other kind of quote you might be interested in finding out about. This is a fun book to keep handy.I sometimes just pull it off the shelf and open it randomly and let myself be amused and amazed.
review 2: I've had this volume for decades. It is always good for picking up an appropriate quotation to make a point in my writing endeavors (although those have fallen off greatly because of my administrative responsibilities). This is alphabetically organized from A (Lord Acton: "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely") to Z (Emile Zola: "J'accuse, ... more" or, in English, "I accuse"). The volume concludes with an extensive index, comprising hundreds of pags. Quotations fill nearly several hundred pages. It is interesting to randomly thumb through pages (something that I do every so often, for the hidden pleasures thus experienced). For instance, George Washington: "Labour to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience." Charles K. Harris: "Somewhere the sun is shining." Napoleon: "England is a nation of shopkeepers" (in the original French, "L'Angleterre est une nation de boutiquiers."). George Savile, Marquis of Halifax: "Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen." Victor Cousin: "Art for art's sake" (In French, "L'art pour l'art"). Lady Anne Barnard: "When the sheep are in the fauld, when the cows come home, When a' the weary world to quiet rest are gone." One could go on and on. Such volumes can delight, as one relives well know sayings or discovers new ones. The selections are arbitrary, no doubt, but the discovery that comes with perusal of the volume is most pleasing. less

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