Bibliograph

All that glisters ... and other quotations you should know, Caroline Taggart

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Label

All that glisters ... and other quotations you should know, Caroline Taggart

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

All that glisters ... and other quotations you should know

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1076519866

Responsibility statement

Caroline Taggart

Summary

Caroline Taggart presents some of the pithiest, wisest and most fascinating quotations we should all know, detailing where the quotation has come from and why it may be useful when searching for an elegant or informed line to illustrate a point, spice up conversation or impress one's friends. Part of the pleasure of this book is to reveal the provenance of the well-worn quote (or misquote): "my cup runneth over", "ay, there's the rub", "to err is human", "the spice of life" but also to introduce some less familiar ones. Most of the quotations included are from classic sources -- from the Bible, the works of Shakespeare, other poets, classical authors, Dickens, Charlotte Bronte, and George Bernard Shaw (who didn't actually say Youth is wasted on the young, but may have said something like it. Somewhere. No one seems to know for sure)

Target audience

adult

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