The new edition of the UK's bestselling and best-loved Dictionary of Quotations (a million copies sold worldwide)
* Market leader for over 60 years
* Authority at your fingertips: tells you who said what, and when, and why
* Crosses time and space: from ancient Egypt to the 21st century
* 10% new material
* Extra: Introduction to the original edition (1941) reprinted in full
* 'Every home should have a copy' Sunday Telegraph, 2003
DESCRIPTION:
This is a major new edition of Oxford's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of quotations, bringing you the wisdom of the ages and the sound bites of today in 20,000+ quotations. The text is a browser's paradise, covering people and events from Cleopatra to J. K. Rowling, and the battle of Marathon to the Hutton Inquiry. The keyword index will help you to trace that half-remembered quote, and identifies the quotations that give us key phrases such as 'state of the Union' and 'dodgy dossier'. Special sections bring together categories such as Misquotations and Film lines. Traditional areas have been enriched and the best of the new added, and the Introduction tells the story of the nation's favourite quotations dictionary over 60 years.
Michael Howard - I am happy to debate the past with the Prime Minister...I have a big dossier on his past, and I did not even have to sex it up.
C. S. Lewis - Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.
Louis Pasteur - Wine may well be considered the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.
J. R. R. Tolkien - Precious...My Precious!
Jonny Wilkinson - It was probably the easiest attempt I had all day.
* Market leader for over 60 years
* Authority at your fingertips: tells you who said what, and when, and why
* Crosses time and space: from ancient Egypt to the 21st century
* 10% new material
* Extra: Introduction to the original edition (1941) reprinted in full
* 'Every home should have a copy' Sunday Telegraph, 2003
DESCRIPTION:
This is a major new edition of Oxford's largest and most comprehensive dictionary of quotations, bringing you the wisdom of the ages and the sound bites of today in 20,000+ quotations. The text is a browser's paradise, covering people and events from Cleopatra to J. K. Rowling, and the battle of Marathon to the Hutton Inquiry. The keyword index will help you to trace that half-remembered quote, and identifies the quotations that give us key phrases such as 'state of the Union' and 'dodgy dossier'. Special sections bring together categories such as Misquotations and Film lines. Traditional areas have been enriched and the best of the new added, and the Introduction tells the story of the nation's favourite quotations dictionary over 60 years.
Michael Howard - I am happy to debate the past with the Prime Minister...I have a big dossier on his past, and I did not even have to sex it up.
C. S. Lewis - Every one says forgiveness is a lovely idea, until they have something to forgive.
Louis Pasteur - Wine may well be considered the most healthful and most hygienic of beverages.
J. R. R. Tolkien - Precious...My Precious!
Jonny Wilkinson - It was probably the easiest attempt I had all day.