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The most eloquent of American presidents, Lincoln seemed to have a comment -- sagacious or humorous -- on just about anything that mattered. This concise compendium offers his …
"Let blockheads read what blockheads write," suggested Lord Chesterfield. W. H. Auden once said, "Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered." And TV …
Over 400 memorable quotes expressed by America's chief executives, among them U.S. Grant's 'I know only two tunes. One of them is 'Yankee Doodle' and the other isn't,' Jimmy …
First published in 1732 by Benjamin Franklin when he was just 26, Poor Richard's Almanack was issued annually for the next 25 years. Extremely popular with readers of the day, the …
Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.--CiceroNowadays, flattery wins friends, truth hatred.--Terence Thoughtful, sagacious advice from the best minds …
Over 400 memorable quotes, uttered over the last 2,500 years by Sappho, Queen Elizabeth I, Harriet Tubman, Susan B. Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, Helen Keller, Erma Bombeck, Oprah …
India's political and spiritual leader, Mohandas Gandhi, exercised a disciplined stylistic simplicity in his voluminous writings. This selection of brief and incisive quotations …