num_pages: 431
description: A glittering anthology of 3,000 of the wisest, wittiest, most profound bon mots ever. More than 400 great savants, including Wilde, Goethe, Thoreau, Nietzsche, and Bacon lend eloquent insights into science, the sexes, habit, old age, truth, politics and all the other vital aspects of the human condition. An index of authors and a key-word index make it easy to find aphorisms either by source or by particular topic. But the reader who just dips into this book anywhere will find a feast of insight, illumination and wit. A classic in its field. 
language: English
title: The Viking Book of Aphorisms
titlecomplete: The Viking Book of Aphorisms
genres: Writing, Reference, Philosophy, Anthologies, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 74
publisher: Penguin Books