The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Proverb and Quotation

Book Overview

Sometimes a good quote will do, such as "A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished" (Zsa Zsa Gabor). Or perhaps "Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures" (Samuel Johnson). Other times, a proverb seems just right, such as ""wedlock is a padlock" or "marriages are made in heaven" or "marry in haste, repent at leisure." Now, in The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation, readers and writers have over...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198662297
• ISBN13: 9780198662297
• Release Date: November 1997
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 712 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Well Organized Quotation Book

This is very well organized book, the quotations are arranged alphabetically by themes (life, death, love, forgiveness, the old age, past, etc.) and then arranged by index, you can look up any word, eg. Peace, peaceably, peacefully, peace-time). Unlike other quotations book I used before. Topics range this book covers are wide and have more quotations (about 5,000) more than Bartlett Quotation book I own. However this is less bulky and easier to have a reference book on the side