Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

Categories: Literature & Fiction

The standard American reference collection of quotations, first compiled by John Bartlett in 1855. Arranged chronologically by author, it gathers passages, phrases and proverbs from the Bible and ancient writers through modern literature, politics, film and popular culture, each traced to its source, with an extensive index of key words.

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• Winston Churchill: “It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I studied it intently.”