By Elizabeth Knowles
Ever because the first variation of the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations released over 70 years in the past, this bestselling publication has remained unrivalled in its insurance of quotations either prior and current. The 8th variation is an enormous treasury of wit and knowledge spanning the centuries and offering the last word resolution to the query, 'Who acknowledged that?' locate that merely half-remembered line in a suite of over 20,000 quotations, comprehensively listed for prepared reference. The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations presents a quote for each party that spans the best minds of background to the folks who gave us one-liners.
Drawing on Oxford's unrivalled dictionary learn software and special language tracking, over seven-hundred new quotations were further to this 8th variation from authors starting from St Joan of Arc and Coco Chanel to Albrecht Durer and Thomas Jefferson. New sayings that span the a while contain "It wouldn't be larger if issues occurred to males simply as they need" (the classical author Heraclitus), "My father used to assert: "Don't bring up your voice, enhance your argument'"' (Desmond Tutu), and "The destiny is already here--it's simply no longer calmly disbursed" (the author William Gibson).
Two hundred authors make their debut during this variation, with a brand-new spouse web site that hyperlinks to dozens of spoken quotations by way of the authors themselves.
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31 E. Y. 34 Warren G. 40 W. F. 44 Jimmy Harper, Will E. 48 L. P. 49 F. W. Harvey b. 51 Stephen Hawes d. 53 R. S. 56 J. 63 G. W. F. 70 John Heming 1556-1630 and Henry Condell d. 72 Arthur W. D. 73 W. E. 78 O. 81 Heraclitus fl. C. 82 A. P. C. 96 Pattie S. -c. D. C. C. 118 Billie Holiday 1915-59 and Arthur Herzog Jr. 122 John H. C. C. 141 A. E. 148 L. 149 Howard Hughes Jr. 166 T. H. 9 Robert G. 10 J. A. D. 12 Weldon J. 22 Jerome K. 26 C. E. M. 30 Linton Kwesi Johnson b. D. 2 Gus Kahn 1886-1941 and Raymond B.
D. D. 97 J. B. 100 V. S. C. C. C. D. 5 Thomas Rainborowe d. 23 Charles A. 42 I. A. 64 John D. 77 Franklin D. 81 Alan S. C. 98 Matthew Roydon fl. 8 J. D. 9 John of Salisbury d. C. 21 Sappho b. C. 28 Dorothy L. 32 Age Scarpelli et al. 38 Diane B. 39 E. F. 55 W. C. Sellar 1898-1951 and R. J. D. 57 Robert W. 59 Edward Sexby d.
34 Warren G. 40 W. F. 44 Jimmy Harper, Will E. 48 L. P. 49 F. W. Harvey b. 51 Stephen Hawes d. 53 R. S. 56 J. 63 G. W. F. 70 John Heming 1556-1630 and Henry Condell d. 72 Arthur W. D. 73 W. E. 78 O. 81 Heraclitus fl. C. 82 A. P. C. 96 Pattie S. -c. D. C. C. 118 Billie Holiday 1915-59 and Arthur Herzog Jr. 122 John H. C. C. 141 A. E. 148 L. 149 Howard Hughes Jr. 166 T. H. 9 Robert G. 10 J. A. D. 12 Weldon J. 22 Jerome K. 26 C. E. M. 30 Linton Kwesi Johnson b. D. 2 Gus Kahn 1886-1941 and Raymond B.