Description: "A handsome volume, printed clearly, with the browser in mind, and edited with the finest apparatus for reference and cross-reference I have ever seen....Generous in spirit, covering the waggish and the wise and the extremes of high and low culture"--America "Whether one reads for reference or just browses, this book of over 6,000 memorable selections from a variety of individuals and sources is fascinating fare"--School Library Journal "Another fine dictionary in the Oxford University Press tradition. It meticulously documents some 5,000 quotations drawn from a variety of sources including songs, advertisements, and book titles....Highly recommended...both as an excellent reference tool and as a book that is fun for browsing."--Choice "Lively in itself, important as a new reference work....It is all here, in an attractively designed volume."--Lexington(Kentucky)Herald-Leader "Remarkably diverse."--The Tampa Tribune-Times

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