The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations

Freshly selected from the acclaimed Fourth edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations , this most entertaining of dictionaries offers 9,000 famous (or infamous) bons mots from 1,900 authors - ranging from ancient times to the 1990s Containing 1,500 more quotations than ever before, the COD Quotations lists entries alphabetically by author and includes further new quotations not found in its parent work, including Bill Clinton, Paul Keating, Frank Bruno, and John Major. 1990s. This book is intended for readers, writers, speechmakers, crossword solvers and literature students; gift market.