The World in a Phrase
Subtitle: A History of Aphorisms
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: October 17, 2006
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781582346168
Subjects: English Language (Specific Aspects); Quotations; Reference; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy; Etymology; Reference / Word Lists; Word Lists; Aphorisms and apothegms; History and criticism
First sentence: If not for an aphorism by W. H. Auden, I might never have met my wife.