We Are What We Think: A journey through the wisest and wittiest sayings in the world - Couverture souple

Geary, James

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9780719561351: We Are What We Think: A journey through the wisest and wittiest sayings in the world

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ISBN 10 : 0719561353 ISBN 13 : 9780719561351

Editeur : John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2006

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Revue de presse :

'[Geary] has delicately plucked only the statement that exemplify each biographical leg of his journey. The result is effective and it is impossible not to be swept along with his enthusiasm' (TLS)

Pleasant, personal, thoughtful ... wonderful ... delightful (Booklist)

This is a real treasure house. I intend to raid it relentlessly (John Humphrys)

The definitive work on aphorisms, a love letter-cum-memoir disguised as a reference book ... fellow fanatics will be delighted (Publishers Weekly)

'An entertaining love letter to the compact form James Geary calls 'literature's hand luggage' (New York Times)

'A delight ... offers extraordinary phrases that any lover of the prickly thought and the graceful sentence can savor' (New York Sun)

'Geary serves up old favorites: Montaigne, La Rochefoucauld, Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce. But he has also rustled up phrase-makers who are undeservedly forgotten' (Washington Post)

'A thought-provoking tour through the world's wisest words from prophets, thinkers and poets.' (Good Book Guide)

'[Geary] wears his obvious learning very lightly, and provides entertaining and informative commentary on figures ranging from Confucius to Dr Seuss' (What's on in London)

Might become a Christmas bestseller - another Eats, Shoots and Leaves perhaps? (Bookseller)

Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

What sets wise words apart from the clich?s and soundbites we encounter every day? When a saying has the power to reach out and change your life, it is no longer a platitude or a proverb but an aphorism.

Self-confessed aphorism addict James Geary takes a whimsical, humorous tour through the history of this remarkable subject and its extraordinary practitioners. With a scope that reaches from the ancient Eastern prophets to American one-liners, from the Greek and Roman Stoics to the great German philosophers, the book's focus is life, the universe and everything.

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