Quotology

by Willis Goth Regier

Erasmus advised readers to learn quotations by heart and copy them everywhere: write them in the front and back of books; inscribe them on rings and cups; paint them on doors and walls, "even on the glass of a window." Emerson noted that "in Europe, every church is a kind of book or bible, so covered is it with inscriptions and pictures." In Arabic script as tall as a man, the Koran is quoted on the walls and domes of mosques. We quote to admire,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803217528
• ISBN13: 9780803217522
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.5"