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’Every age hath its book’ – The Koran. ‘It’s better to be quotable than honest’ – Tom Stoppard. Continuously in print since 1961, the 2002 Gem Dictionary of Quotations is now more than ever the best value-for-money mini-dictionary of quotations available.

Fully revised and updated, this 2002 edition has been organised on a thematic basis for ease of reference.
· Includes over 4000 quotations on themes ranging from Acting and Adultery to Cookery and Poetry, with special sections on Last Words and Epitaphs
· Includes all the classic quotes, from Julius Caesar and Tennyson to Max Beerbohm and Oscar Wilde
· Modern quotations range from Ringo Starr and Nelson Mandela to Ken Dodd and Patrick O’Brian, and Germaine Greer on Posh n’ Becks

- ‘Beckham is an archangel, and Victoria is a figure of darkness attached to him’ (Germaine Greer)
- ‘From every progressive point of view, September 11 has been a disaster’ (Tariq Ali)
- ‘a case of mistaken non-entity’ (Kathy Lette on being mistaken for Ruby Wax)

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Fully revised and updated, this 2002 edition has been organised on a thematic basis for ease of reference.
· Includes over 4000 quotations on themes ranging from Acting and Adultery to Cookery and Poetry, with special sections on Last Words and Epitaphs
· Includes all the classic quotes, from Julius Caesar and Tennyson to Max Beerbohm and Oscar Wilde
· Modern quotations range from Ringo Starr and Nelson Mandela to Ken Dodd and Patrick O’Brian, and Germaine Greer on Posh n’ Becks

- ‘Beckham is an archangel, and Victoria is a figure of darkness attached to him’ (Germaine Greer)
- ‘From every progressive point of view, September 11 has been a disaster’ (Tariq Ali)
- ‘a case of mistaken non-entity’ (Kathy Lette on being mistaken for Ruby Wax)

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Fully revised and updated, this 2002 edition of the Collins Gem book of quotations has been organised on a thematic basis for ease of reference. It includes over 4000 quotations on themes ranging from Acting and Adultery to Cookery and Poetry, with special sections on Last Words and Epitaphs. It contains all the classic quotes, from Julius Caesar and Tennyson to Max Beerbohm and Oscar Wilde. Modern quotations range from Ringo Starr and Nelson Mandela to Ken Dodd and Patrick O'Brian, and Posh n' Becks - "Beckham is an archangel, and Victoria is a figure of darkness attached to him" (Germaine Greer).

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  • PublisherCollins
  • Publication date2002
  • ISBN 10 0007144377
  • ISBN 13 9780007144372
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages448
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