Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
ISBN-10
0199237174
ISBN-13
9780199237173
Series
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Category
Reference
Pages
1184
Language
English
Published
2009-09-10
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Author
Elizabeth Knowles

Description

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. 'When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple: take it and copy it' - Anatole France

Get the book

Amazon.com
Amazon.com
Search the book
eBay.com
eBay.com
Search the book

Other editions

Similar books

  • Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
    Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
    By Susan Ratcliffe

    Provides coverage of literary and historical quotations.

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
    The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
    By Elizabeth M. Knowles

    ... in the world of Aids affection A. beaming in one eye DICK 263 : 3 administrative a . won't LYNN 480 : 21 PERK 573 : 22 ... CHAU 207 : 12 afford a . it or no GAY 332 : 17 Adonis A. in loveliness HUNT 396 : 5 Sweet are the uses of a .

  • Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations
    Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations
    By Ned Sherrin

    Furnishes over five thousand quotations, including classic one-liners, quips, and put-downs from such personalities as Groucho Marx, Oscar Wilde, William Shakespeare, Tom Stoppard, Jane Austen, and Dorothy Parker.

  • The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
    The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
    By Helen Rappaport, Susan Ratcliffe

    It is hard to imagine a more convenient reference than this new edition of The Little Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. The first thematic quotations dictionary to be derived from Oxford's...

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations
    The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations
    By Tony Augarde

    Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt, Marcel Proust and Virginia Woolf, Martin Luther King and John F. Kennedy, Louis Armstrong and Mae West, Woody Allen and Dorothy Parker--these are but a few of the figures who have given voice to ...

  • Oxford Dictionary of Quotations by Subject
    Oxford Dictionary of Quotations by Subject
    By Susan Ratcliffe

    Over 7,000 quotations arranged by subject for easy look-up. Nearly 600 subjects covered, from Memory and Humour to Television and Weddings.

  • The New Yale Book of Quotations
    The New Yale Book of Quotations
    By Fred R. Shapiro

    Contemporaries added to this edition include Beyoncé, Sandra Cisneros, James Comey, Drake, Louise Glück, LeBron James, Brett Kavanaugh, Lady Gaga, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Barack Obama, John Oliver, Nancy Pelosi, Vladimir Putin, Bernie Sanders ...

  • Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations
    Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations
    By Elizabeth Knowles

    More than five thousand quotations, that range in time from Scott's Antarctic expedition in 1912 to the attack on the World Trade Center in 2001, are gathered in a comprehensive, updated resource that evokes a fascinating picture of the ...

  • The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation
    The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Saying, and Quotation
    By Elizabeth M. Knowles

    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,...

  • Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations
    Oxford Dictionary of Medical Quotations
    By Peter McDonald

    Old age , though despised , is coveted by all men . Patience is a plaster for all sores . Physicians are costly visitors . ... A man has often more trouble to digest food than to get it . 85 KARL VON ROKITANSKY . C. W. RUCKER Karl von.