num_pages: 409
description: An invaluable collection of more than 4,000 pointed, pithy commentaries on multiple aspects of life and its most important questions. With more than 200 categories, from ability to zeal and from sources across the historical spectrum, this is the perfect book for those in need of a meaty quotation for writing or speaking -- professionals, business people, after-dinner speakers, students and teachers. Special features include: Terse, witty sayings from science fiction, television, and many other contemporary sources. Glossary defining types or aphorisms. All topics cross-referenced. Author and topic index.
language: English
title: Webster's New World Best Book of Aphorisms
titlecomplete: Webster's New World Best Book of Aphorisms
ratings_count: 2
publisher: Macmillan General Reference