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Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Seventh Edition
Edited by Elizabeth Knowles
1,184 pages
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234x172mm
978-0-19-923717-3
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Hardback
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10 September 2009
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- For over 65 years, the nation's favourite guide to the wit and wisdom of past and present
- Unrivalled authority at your fingertips: all quotations extensively researched and verified
- The ultimate answer to the question 'Who said that?' (and when, and why)
- Spans the centuries: from the ancients of East and West to the global village of the 21st century
- Over 20,000 quotations for all occasions covering almost 3,500 authors
- Comprehensive keyword index to trace that half-remembered line
- Exceptional clarity with A-Z sequence by author
- Enhanced cross-referencing, explanatory notes, and author descriptions
- New companion website with more about quotations and links to useful online resources
- Special categories including advertising slogans, newspaper headlines, and catchphrases
New to this edition - Almost 1,000 quotations from over 500 authors, from Jane Austen to Paris Hilton, Confucius to W E B Du Bois
- Almost 150 authors new to this edition, including Barack Obama and Bo Diddley, Humphrey Lyttelton and Matthew Flinders, V S Naipaul and the classical Persian poet Hafiz
- 'At a glance' article on how to use the dictionary
- Additional ribbon-marker to integrate use of the index
- Enhanced cross-referencing, source notes, and author descriptions
- Even clearer text design
- Expanded introduction and history
A major new edition of the most authoritative dictionary of quotations available brings you the wit and wisdom of past and present - from the ancients of East and West to the global village of the 21st century. Find that half-remembered line in a browser's paradise of over 20,000 quotations for all occasions, comprehensively indexed for ready reference. Whether you lean towards the words of Jane Austen: 'Think only of the past as its remembrance gives you pleasure', or the advice of Paris Hilton: 'Dress cute wherever you go. Life is too short to blend in', the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations provides the ultimate answer to the questions 'Who said that? (and when, and why)'.
Drawing on Oxford's unrivalled dictionary research programme and unique language monitoring, almost 1,000 new quotations have been added to this seventh edition from over 500 authors, from Mary Wollstonecraft and Sarah Palin to Herman Hesse and William Hazlitt. These include classic quotations from established names for which new evidence of current usage has been found, such as 'The worth of a soul cannot be told' (the African writer and former slave Olaudah Equiano) and 'Work first - love next' (American writer and feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman), as well as earlier quotations used by well-known literary authors from around the English-speaking world, e.g. the maxim of Confucius for a ruler, 'If you desire what is good, the people will be good' (quoted by Thoreau),
and the view of the Phrygian Stoic philosopher Epictetus that 'Not things, but opinions about things, trouble men' (cited by Laurence Sterne).
'When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple: take it and copy it' - Anatole FranceReadership: Writers, speakers, students, journalists, puzzle solvers, and general readers.
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Edited by Elizabeth Knowles, Freelance
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"Magnificent volume." - Ferdinand Mount, Standpoint "It is a book which can be explored pretty well indefinately, and one which yields fresh satisfaction and surprises." - John Gross, Spectator
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Introduction to the seventh edition
History of ODQ
Introduction to the first edition
How to use the dictionary
Quotations
Index
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