Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphorists
“…a wonderful breviary of wisdom, insight and cynicism, and one that will immediately find a place at many bedsides…there are pleasures and surprises galore.”-WashingtonPost“An agreeable thing to have in your lap.”—Dwight Garner“Geary's Guide to the World's Great Aphoristsis a rich, well-edited compendium, which is at once a feast, a frolic, a thought-kit and a treasure trove. A book to relish and to keep close.”—John Lahr,New Yorker “A masterful compilation from a man adept at taking the pith.”—Ben Schott Praise forThe World in a Phrase:“[An] entertaining love letter to the compact form.”—New York Times “A reward. Geary presents several dozen coiners of pithy, memorable sayings.”—Washington Post “The definitive work on aphorisms, a love letter–cum–memoir disguised as a reference book.”—Publishers Weekly