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Summary: Don Folz shoots from the hip -- and misses
Review: I am appalled: If the aim of this book is to distill, it has done exactly that. I have found more than one misquote in this paperback. For example: under FRIENDS & FRIENDSHIP; the third quotation begins, "Forsake not an old friend..." and is attributed to "Eccliesiasticus 9:10". According to the New International Version of the Bible, Ecclesiastes 9:10 is, "Whatever your hands find to do..." and correlates in no way with friends and friendship. What else is wrong with The New International Dictionary of Quotations? Plenty. "Ecclesiasticus"? Boo on you, Hugh.
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Summary: I adore this book!
Review: Not only do I use it to find quotes for uses in papers and things like valedictory addresses, but I've gone through it and just read it for the sheer delight of finding new witticisms, new quips, new works of literature I should be reading . . . For anyone who has ever or ever will take an English class, this is the best place to start for quotes. For anyone who loves words, this is the best place to start. For anyone who wishes to sound like they've read all these books , this is the best place to start. When you really want *more*, there's the more specialized dictionaries, like the _Dictionary of Quotes from Shakespeare_ from the same two editors. Other than that, I can't explain enough what a delight this book has been to me. Maybe some quotes: "Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it." Ralph Waldo Emerson, *Compensation* "Intellect does not gain its full force until it attacks power." Mme de Stael. "Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car." E.B. White And that's only a start . . .
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Summary: Great for class
Review: What's scary is that the same tactics used in 8th grade Humanities also worked in my college English classes!
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Summary: Great for class
Review: What's scary is that the same tactics used in 8th grade Humanities also worked in my college English classes!
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Summary: Excellent Source of Quotes
Review: When going online recently, and searching for a dictionary of quotations, i was looking for the legendary bartlett's, but was surprised to find none for sale anymore. after careful deliberation, i took a chance and bought the new international dictionary of quotations. it turned out to be extremely well-organized, with specific categories inside it. There were even subcategories!! As an AP english student, I must say this is one of the best quote dictionaries I have ever laid eyes on, and I have seen a LOT!!
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Summary: Excellent Source of Quotes
Review: When going online recently, and searching for a dictionary of quotations, i was looking for the legendary bartlett's, but was surprised to find none for sale anymore. after careful deliberation, i took a chance and bought the new international dictionary of quotations. it turned out to be extremely well-organized, with specific categories inside it. There were even subcategories!! As an AP english student, I must say this is one of the best quote dictionaries I have ever laid eyes on, and I have seen a LOT!!
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