Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

Seventh Edition

Edited by Elizabeth Knowles

1,184 pages | No | 234x172mm

978-0-19-923717-3 | Hardback | 10 September 2009

Price: £30.00

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For over 70 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)
Comes with a free booklet of misquotations to celebrate its 70th anniversary.
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

The first edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations was published in 1941 and for 70 years this bestselling book has remained unrivalled in its coverage of quotations past and present. The seventh edition is a vast treasury of wit and wisdom spanning the centuries and providing the ultimate answer to the question, 'Who said that?' Find that half-remembered line in a browser's paradise of over 20,000 quotations, 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 a quote for every occasion. Plus to celebrate its 70th birthday the book now comes with a free booklet of misquotations and the fascinating stories behind them. 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 France

Readership: Writers, speakers, students, journalists, puzzle solvers, and general readers.

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