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The first edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations was published in 1941 and for over 70 years this bestselling book has remained unrivalled in its coverage of quotations past and present. The eighth 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. Lord Byron may have taken the view: 'I think it great affectation not to quote oneself', but for the less self-centred the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations provides a quote for every occasion from the greatest minds of history and from undistinguished characters known only for one happy line.
Drawing on Oxford's unrivalled dictionary research programme and unique language monitoring, over 700 new quotations have been added to this eighth edition from authors ranging from St Joan of Arc and Coco Chanel to Albrecht Dürer and Thomas Jefferson. New sayings from across the ages include 'It would not be better if things happened to men just as they wish' (the classical writer Heraclitus), 'Fight on, and God will give the Victory' (the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison), and 'The future is already here--it's just not evenly distributed' (the writer William Gibson).
List of contents
- Introduction to the eighth edition
- History of the Dictionary
- Introduction to the first edition
- How to use this work
- Quotations
- Index
About the author
Elizabeth Knowles is a historical lexicographer who worked on the 4th edition of the
Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (1993) and was Editor of the 5th, 6th, and 7th editions of the
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (1999, 2004, 2009). Her other editorial credits include the
Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations (3rd edition, 2007),
What They Didn't Say: A Book of Misquotations (2006), and the
Little Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs (2009). She is a contributor to
The History of Oxford University Press (2013).
Summary
A major new edition of the most authoritative dictionary of quotations available brings you the wit and wisdom of past and present. Find that half-remembered line in a browser's paradise of over 20,000 fully indexed quotations. Here is the answer to both 'Who said that?' and 'What did they say?'
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Where else would you find over 20,000 quotations, covering centuries, every subject, with wit, wisdom and food for thought?
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