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The smartest things ever said

Author:Steven D. Price (Editor)

Summary:The Smartest Things Ever Said is a compendium of human wisdom culled from the world’s most celebrated—and sometimes anonymous—minds. From Confucius and Shakespeare to Toni Morrison and Woody Allen, and from Winston Churchill and Thomas Edison to Jeff Bezos and Jerry Garcia, it is quite simply the best collection of the smartest quotes ever.

Print Book, English, 2017

Edition:New and expanded View all formats and editions

Publisher: Lyons Press, Guilford, Connecticut, 2017

Genre:quotations (texts)

Physical Description:ix, 382 pages ; 18 cm

ISBN:

9781493026227, 1493026224

OCLC Number / Unique Identifier:964624581

Subjects:

Citations anglaises

Quotations, English

quotations (texts)

Additional Physical Form Entry:

Online version:

Smartest things ever said

Contents:

Introduction to the new edition

Life and death (and some of what happens in between)

Love and friendship

Success and ways to achieve it

The life of the mind

Politics and politicians, government and statesmen

Proverbial wisdom

Selected quote sources