Bons Mots: A Contemporary Collection of Quotes - Couverture souple

Dixon, Giles Clifford

 
9781783243457: Bons Mots: A Contemporary Collection of Quotes
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1783243457 ISBN 13 : 9781783243457
Editeur : Wordzworth Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

Bons Mots* , as the title suggests, is a lively and entertaining book of memorable quotes divided into 18 sections. These range from art to war via business, environment, finance, living & dying, love & marriage, philosophy, politics and religion.

Collected primarily from contemporary sources, of the 250 names whose thoughts, words of wisdom and/or wit are included, the vast majority can be found on Wikipedia, most were born in the 20th century, and many are still living. In addition are some figures from the past including Aristotle, Rousseau, Napoleon, Disraeli.

This handy collection fits into a pocket and would make a ideal gift for almost anyone, as well as an aide memoire for a speaker or someone wanting a few quick quotes to liven up a meeting.

The collection includes words and thoughts from - to name but a few - heads of state: Queen Elizabeth ll, Obama, Macron, the Ruler of Qatar, Pope Francis; from business: Warren Buffett, Michael O'Leary, Steve Jobs; on the environment Chris Packham, Maathai Wangari and Charles Darwin. Writers include Christopher Hitchens, Edna O’Brien, Yuval Noah Harari; artists Antony Gormley, Luc Tuymans and Banksy; journalists writing for the Financial Times and The Guardian are also quoted, as are Donald Rumsfeld, Mandy Rice-Davies and Barry Humphries.

• Bons mots, French, literally means ‘good words’, but is best translated as ‘clever or witty remarks’ according to the Oxford English Dictionary.

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À propos de l?auteur

Giles Dixon is a widely travelled lawyer who has lived and worked in the UK, Australia, Cyprus and the UAE. An enthusiast of newsprint and radio, he has collected quotes from numerous sources over the years and that has led to the publication of Bons Mots. When he retired from a City of London law firm in 2002 he established his own one-man law firm. He also set up a website selling commercial contract templates online, where a 'Last Word' page was used to post quotes that he came across. Many of them are in this book. He is now semi-retired. In his spare time he has been involved with some charities including, for the last ten years, as a Trustee of Turner's House in Twickenham, the house designed and built by the artist JMW Turner. His previous publications include co-author of Exporting made Easy, and contributions to other law books including Schmitthoff's The Law and Practice of International Trade.

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Éditeur
Wordzworth Publishing
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1783243457
ISBN 13 
9781783243457
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
112
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