Cassell Dictionary of Cynical Quotations

By Jonathon Green

Book Overview

Wander subject by subject, laughing all the way, through quotes mocking and cheeky, wry and incredulous, droll and sarcastic--wit and wisdom from the most masterful, irreverent cynics on record! Here's Oscar Wilde on giving advice: "It is always a silly thing to give advice, but to give good advice is absolutely fatal." Other unforgettable remarks come from the dependably pessimistic Woody Allen, the always sharp-tongued George Bernard Shaw, the comic poet Ogden Nash...and many, many more.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0304343137
• ISBN13: 9780304343133
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Cassell
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

This volume contains the essence of human wit and knowledge

Jonathon Greene presented in 1994 the ultimate summary of common sense and the most enchanting book I ever read in my life, titled : DICTIONARY OF CYNICAL QUOTATIONS". Since its contents are collected in the alphabetical order of all human troubles and problems, it is easy to find every day the most witty and cynical comments of ones daily problems. But after a while, having savoured the wit and concentrated philosophy on every single aspect of human life, sufferings and joys, the reader starts to admire more end more the unbelievable knowledge and experience of the author, who - in collecting the aphorisms, thoughts and spirits of all famous individuals and personalities of almost all nations, ages and professions - created a volume, which is absolutely unique. Since I am in the posession of this book, I spend every day some time with "Cynical quotations" reading or citing, and I feel genuinly enriched everytime I close the book after having consumated one or two of the quotations which contain the distillation of all human spirit.