Dictionary Of Quotations And Proverbs: The Everyman Edition
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Within the pages of the Dictionary of Quotations and Proverbs: The Everyman Edition, compiled by D. C. Browning, lies a rich treasury of human wisdom distilled across centuries and civilisations — a single volume that captures the wit, gravitas, and hard-won insight of countless voices from antiquity to the modern age. Organised as a practical yet intellectually stimulating reference, it presents thousands of quotations and proverbs drawn from world literature, philosophy, politics, and everyday life, offering readers an authoritative guide to the most memorable and enduring expressions ever committed to language. Part of the prestigious Treasury of World Masterpieces series published by Octopus Books Limited, this Everyman Edition stands as a celebrated cornerstone of the reference genre, cherished by writers, speakers, scholars, and curious minds alike. Browning's careful compilation illuminates the universality of human experience — the recurring themes of love, loss, ambition, virtue, and folly that bind us across time and culture — leaving readers to wonder which forgotten proverb might hold the very truth they have been searching for all along.
Author: D. C. Browning
Format: Hardback
Published: 1982, Octopus Books Limited
Genre: Dictionaries
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Within the pages of the Dictionary of Quotations and Proverbs: The Everyman Edition, compiled by D. C. Browning, lies a rich treasury of human wisdom distilled across centuries and civilisations — a single volume that captures the wit, gravitas, and hard-won insight of countless voices from antiquity to the modern age. Organised as a practical yet intellectually stimulating reference, it presents thousands of quotations and proverbs drawn from world literature, philosophy, politics, and everyday life, offering readers an authoritative guide to the most memorable and enduring expressions ever committed to language. Part of the prestigious Treasury of World Masterpieces series published by Octopus Books Limited, this Everyman Edition stands as a celebrated cornerstone of the reference genre, cherished by writers, speakers, scholars, and curious minds alike. Browning's careful compilation illuminates the universality of human experience — the recurring themes of love, loss, ambition, virtue, and folly that bind us across time and culture — leaving readers to wonder which forgotten proverb might hold the very truth they have been searching for all along.