| Description |
1 online resource (395 entries) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Advertising Slogans -- Biographies -- Ability -- Abortion -- Absence -- Accidents -- Acting -- Action -- Actors -- Addiction -- Adultery -- Adults -- Adventure -- Adversity -- Advertising -- Advice -- Africa -- The Afterlife -- Age -- Agreement and Disagreement -- Agriculture -- Alcohol -- Ambition -- America -- Anarchy -- Angels -- Anger -- Animals -- Anonymous -- Apologies -- Appearance -- Architecture -- Argument -- Aristocracy -- The Army -- Art -- Astrology -- Atheism -- Babies -- Bachelors -- Beauty -- Bed -- Belief -- Benefactors -- Bereavement -- Betrayal -- The Bible -- Bigotry -- Biography -- Birds -- Birth -- Blame -- Blood -- The Body -- Books -- Boredom -- Borrowing and Lending -- Brevity -- Britain -- Bureaucracy -- Business -- Canada -- Capitalism -- Cats -- Caution -- Celebrity -- Censorship -- Change -- Character -- Charity -- Charm -- Children -- Christianity -- The Church -- Cinema -- Cities -- Cities: Bath -- Cities: Belfast -- Cities: Birmingham -- Cities: Boston -- Cities: Cambridge -- Cities: Chicago -- Cities: Edinburgh -- Cities: Glasgow -- Cities: London -- Cities: Manchester -- Cities: Melbourne -- Cities: Naples -- Cities: New York -- Cities: Paris -- Cities: Philadelphia -- Cities: Prague -- Cities: Rome -- Cities: St Andrews -- Cities: Sydney -- Cities: Venice -- Civilization -- Class -- Cloning -- Clubs -- Coffee -- Comedy -- Common Sense -- Communism -- Compassion -- Computers -- Conscience -- Consumer Society -- Contempt -- Contraception -- Conversation -- Cookery -- The Country -- Courage -- Cowardice -- Crime -- Criticism -- Cruelty -- Crying -- Culture -- Curiosity -- Custom -- Cynicism -- Dancing -- Danger -- Death -- Death: Dying -- Debt -- Deception -- Democracy -- Despair -- Destiny -- The Devil -- Diaries -- Dining -- Diplomacy -- Divorce -- Dogs -- Doubt -- Dreams -- Dress -- Duty -- Economics -- Editing -- Education -- Egoism -- Empire -- Enemies -- England -- Environment -- Envy -- Epitaphs -- Equality -- Error -- Europe -- Evil -- Evolution -- Examinations -- Excess -- Exercise -- Exile -- Experience -- Experts -- Explanations -- Eyes -- Facts -- Failure -- Fame -- Families -- Fascism -- Fashion -- Fathers -- Fear -- Feminism -- Fiction -- Flattery -- Flying -- Food -- Foolishness -- Force -- Foreigners -- Forgetting -- Forgiveness -- France -- Freedom -- Friendship -- The Future -- Gardens -- Generosity -- Genius -- Gentlemen -- Glory -- Goals -- God -- Good and Evil -- Goodness -- Gossip -- Government -- Greatness -- Grief -- Guilt -- Happiness -- Hatred -- Health -- Heaven -- Hell -- Heroes -- History -- Hollywood -- Home -- Honesty -- Honour -- Hope -- Housework -- Humanity and Human Nature -- Humour -- Hypocrisy -- Idealism -- Ideas -- Idleness and Unemployment -- Illness -- Imagination -- Immortality -- Income -- Indecision -- Independence -- Ingratitude -- Insults -- Intellectuals -- Intelligence -- The Internet -- Invention -- Ireland -- Jealousy -- Jewellery -- Judaism -- Judgement -- Justice and Injustice -- Kindness -- Knowledge -- Language -- Last Words -- Law -- Leadership -- Learning -- Lies -- Life -- Literature -- Loneliness -- Lottery -- Love -- Luxury -- Madness -- Manners -- Marriage -- Martyrdom -- Mathematics -- Media -- Medicine -- Memory -- Men and Women -- Mind -- Modesty -- Monarchy and Royalty -- Money and Wealth -- Morality -- Mortality -- Mothers -- Murder -- Music -- Nations -- Nature -- Neighbours -- News and Newspapers -- Nostalgia -- Nuclear Weapons -- Obstinacy -- Opinions -- Optimism -- Parents -- Passion -- The Past -- Patience -- Patriotism -- Peace -- The People -- Pessimism -- Philosophy -- Photography -- Plagiarism -- Pleasure -- Poetry -- Poets -- Police -- Politicians -- Politics -- Pornography -- Poverty -- Power -- Praise -- Pregnancy -- The Present -- Pride -- Principles -- Prison -- Problems -- Progress -- Promises -- Property -- Psychiatry -- Publishing -- Punishment -- Quotations -- Racism -- Reading -- Realism -- Religion -- Reputation -- Responsibility -- Revenge -- Revolution -- Ridicule -- Right and Wrong -- Rights -- Russia -- School -- Science -- Scotland -- The Sea -- The Seasons -- Secrets -- Self -- Separation -- Sex -- Showbusiness -- Silence -- Sin -- Slavery -- Sleep -- Smoking -- Snobbery -- Socialism -- Society -- Solitude -- The Soul -- Space -- Sport and Games -- The State -- Statistics -- Stupidity -- Style -- Success -- Suffering -- Suicide -- Sunday -- Superstition -- Talent -- Taste -- Taxes -- Tea -- Teachers -- Technology -- Television -- Temptation -- Theatre -- Thought -- Time -- Tolerance -- Tragedy -- Translation -- Travel -- Trust -- Truth -- Tyranny -- Uncertainty -- University -- Wales -- War -- The Weather -- Wisdom -- Wit -- Women -- Words -- Work -- The World -- Writers -- Writing -- Youth |
| Summary |
Quotations arranged thematically for ease of reference |
| Notes |
Previous edition published as: Collins concise dictionary of quotations |
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English |
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Title page of print version |
| Subject |
Quotations, English -- Dictionaries
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Quotations, English.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Dictionaries.
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Dictionaries.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781849729390 |
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1849729395 |
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