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Oxford dictionary of quotations / edited by Elizabeth Knowles.

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Oxford University Press, c2014.

808.882 O98 2014

Quotations, English

Quotations, English -- Dictionaries.

Quotations -- Translations into English.

9780199668700 (hc)

Alternate title:

Dictionary of quotations

xxvii, 1126 p. ; 25 cm.

Includes index.

Contains over 17,500 quotations from over 2,500 authors.

Machine generated contents note: SPECIAL CATEGORIES -- Advertising slogans -- Catchphrases -- Epitaphs -- Film titles -- Military sayings and songs -- Misquotations -- Mottoes -- Newspaper headlines and leaders -- Official advice -- Political sayings and slogans -- Sayings and slogans.

Ever since the first edition of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations published over 70 years ago, this bestselling book has remained unrivalled in its coverage of quotations both 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 only half-remembered line in a collection of over 20,000 quotations, comprehensively indexed for ready reference. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations provides a quote for every occasion that spans the greatest minds of history to the people who gave us one-liners.

Knowles, Elizabeth (Elizabeth M.)

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