LITTLE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF QUOTATIONS

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This updated edition is the perfect gift for every occasion. From Shakespeare and Oscar Wilde to Gordon Brown and Twiggy, this dictionary features 4,000 of the best quotations of past and present. Packed with quotable quotes on over 300 themes from Parties to Punctuality, and with new subjects including Toasts and Relationships, this is the ideal tool for finding exactly the right words to express yourself in any situation.'Wine is bottled poetry.' Robert Louis Stevenson'Winning isn't everything. It's the money you make doing it that's everything.' Lee Trevino'A good traveller has no fixed plans.' Lao Tzu'To promise not to do a thing is the surest way in the world to make a body want to go and do that very thing.' Mark Twain'I wish everyone, friend or foe, well. That is that. The end.' Tony Blair

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Library Journal Review

"I always have a quotation for everything-it saves original thinking," quipped novelist Dorothy Sayers. With the ever-expanding line of Oxford guides, there is little excuse for not having the right words at the right moment. Based on the venerated Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (now in its sixth edition), this little version (now in its third edition) is a portable thematic treasury of wit, wisdom, and stupidity throughout the centuries, with 4000 quotations-of which 700 are brand new. The portable companion's usability lies in quick access to topical quotations by a range of historical figures from Plato to Donald Rumsfeld. It's strictly a quotation finder, with none of the background context or citations from the full work and less than a quarter of that volume's entries. Bottom Line Libraries may not find much value in this personal edition and are better served by the core set as well as the more intermediate Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations (2003). Although the Little dictionary beats them for quick look-ups, the lack of citations is likely to frustrate students. Ultimately, a fine volume for writers on the go but not library material. [A fully searchable version of the 2001 edition is available at www.askoxford.com/dictionaries.-Ed.]-Kelli Perkins, Herrick District Lib., Holland, MI (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.