Wander subject by subject, laughing all the way, through quotes mocking and cheeky, wry and incredulous, droll and sarcastic--wit and wisdom from the most masterful, irreverent cynics on record! Here's Oscar Wilde on giving advice: "It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal." Other unforgettable remarks come from the dependably pessimistic Woody Allen, the always sharp-tongued George Bernard Shaw, the comic poet Ogden Nash...and many, many more.
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Jonathon Green is a well-known writer and broadcaster who has published widely on aspects of popular and oral culture, and has compiled a number of dictionaries of quotations and slang. His most recent title for Cassell is The Cass
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5.0 out of 5 stars
This volume contains the essence of human wit and knowledge,
By THFIJU@aol.com, Thomas Fischer-Jung, Germany (Krefeld, Germany) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Cassell Dictionary of Cynical Quotations (Hardcover)
Jonathon Greene presented in 1994 the ultimate summary of common sense and the most enchanting book I ever read in my life, titled : DICTIONARY OF CYNICAL QUOTATIONS". Since its contents are collected in the alphabetical order of all human troubles and problems, it is easy to find every day the most witty and cynical comments of ones daily problems. But after a while, having savoured the wit and concentrated philosophy on every single aspect of human life, sufferings and joys, the reader starts to admire more end more the unbelievable knowledge and experience of the author, who - in collecting the aphorisms, thoughts and spirits of all famous individuals and personalities of almost all nations, ages and professions - created a volume, which is absolutely unique. Since I am in the posession of this book, I spend every day some time with "Cynical quotations" reading or citing, and I feel genuinly enriched everytime I close the book after having consumated one or two of the quotations which contain the distillation of all human spirit.
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