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Bartlett, John . 1919. Familiar Quotations , 10th ed.Including over 11,000 quotations, the first new edition of John Bartlett’s corpus to be published after his death in 1905 keeps most of his original work intact.
Grocott’s Familiar Quotations, 6th ed . 189-?.These 6,700 quotations in 2,000 categories represent an encyclopedic classification of the canon's eternal passages.
Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations . 1922.The 21,700 quotations in this standard reference bible, organized by major category, feature original language with translations.
Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay . 1880.These 9,000 often lengthy selections highlight English prose geniuses like Addison, Burke, Johnson, Locke and Macaulay.
Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations . 1989.The 2,100 entries in this eminently researched collection form the constellation of collected wisdom in American political debate.
Christy, Robert. 1887. Proverbs, Maxims and Phrases of All Ages .
The 20,500 selections in this classic reference work comprise an encyclopedic scope of English proverbs as well as translations from every major language.
Wilstach, Frank J. 1916. A Dictionary of Similes .
Wilstach spent over 20 years tracing more than 16,000 similies to about 2,000 sources and categorizing them under some 3,000 subjects.
See also French Aphorists:
La Rochefoucauld , Pascal , La Bruyère , Vauvenargues , Chamfort , Joubert , & French Wit, Wisdom, and Wickedness
