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Words of Wisdom

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The preface of "Words of Wisdom - More Good Advice" sent even this well-read quote afficionado running for my dictionary. Mr. Safire's witty introduction certainly carried a lot of weight! I found the quotes well-organized and enjoyable to read. The flavour of this book is definitely to the sardonic side but is very witty, thoughtful and useful. A little large to pack around with you but a nice volume for bedside reading.

This is not the fault of Safire, but I was looking for a book which contained a few more profundities and a few less amusing quips. Not what I was expecting, but my wife seems to like it.

This book is written very well, and has every type of expression made by some very
famous people that give the reader new thoughts that can aid almost every day of the week.

I love quotes and use them all the time for multiple occasions. I bought this book used and I've already used several quotes from this book for birthday cards and scrapbooking.

This is a very good book filled with good words of wisdom.
All very good organized in big book, this book should be on everyone's shelf.
I kindly recommend it to all.

Author: Bogdan Alexandru Sirbu
Thoughts across Time

This work is organized by subject alphabetically, and has an excellent index by author.
The brothers Safir(e) have searched far and wide and collected thousands of small sayings for instruction and delight. There is much triteness here, and it can be tiresome to read a lot of this at a time. Nonetheless there is much 'wisdom' here and the organization by subject makes it seem as if each 'entry' and the sayings contained in it constitute a kind of mini- essay on this subject.
Here is one piece of such wisdom I particularly love. It is by Anne Frank on the subject of 'beauty'

"I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains...My advice is: Go outside , to the fields, enjoy nature and the sunshine, go out and try to recapture happiness in yourself and in God.Think of all the beauty that's still left in and around you and be happy."

I found this book extremely useful in college. It has great quotes and short stories on a varity of subjects, all in alphabetical order. It was the most useful in my speech classes and any class that required a paper.