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  • Famous sayings and their authors; a collection of historical sayings in English, French, German, Greek, Italian, and Latin.

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    • Detroit, Gale Research Co., 1970.
    • 1970-1904
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFD 72-1340Offsite
  • The Joy of words; selections of literature expressing beauty, humor, history, wisdom, or inspiration ... which are a joy to read and read again.

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    • Chicago, J. G. Ferguson Pub. Co.; distributed by Doubleday [New York, 1972]
    • 1972
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    Text JFE 72-2614Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Geflügelte Worte; der Zitatenschatz des deutschen Volkes. Gesammelt und erläutert von Georg Büchmann, fortgesetzt von Walter Robert-tornow [et al.] 32. Aufl., vollständig neubearb. von Gunther Haupt und Winfried Hofmann.

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    • Berlin. Haude & Spener [1972]
    • 1972
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFD 73-645Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • New speakers handbook: how to be the life of the podium [by] S. H. Simmons. Introd. by David Susskind. Foreword by Stephen O. Frankfurt.

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    • New York, Dial Press, 1972.
    • 1972
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    Text JFE 73-1495Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Familiar quotations; a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature, by John Bartlett.

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    • Boston, Little, Brown [1968]
    • 1968
    • 3 Items
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    Text JFE 73-438Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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    Text JFE 81-830Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The Joy of words; selections of literature expressing beauty, humor, history, wisdom, or inspiration ... which are a joy to read and read again.

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    • Chicago, J. G. Ferguson Pub. Co.; distributed by Doubleday [New York, 1960]
    • 1960
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    Text JFE 74-575Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The home book of quotations, classical and modern. 3d ed., rev. and enl.

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    • New York, Dodd, Mead, 1937.
    • 1937
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    Text JFE 73-560Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Putnam's complete book of quotations, proverbs and household words; a collection of quotations from British and American authors, with many thousands of proverbs, familiar phrases and sayings, from all sources, including Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Latin, French, German, Italian, Spanish, and other languages. By W. Gurney Benham.

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    • New York, G. P. Putnam's sons, 1926.
    • 1926
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFD 73-5463Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • A dictionary of famous quotations. Revised ed.

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    • London, Pan Books, 1973.
    • 1973
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    Text JFC 74-1075Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Umnoe slovo; aforizmy, mysli, izrecheni︠i︡a, krylatye slova. [Sostavil A. I. Sobolev.

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    • Moskva], Moskovskiĭ rabochiĭ, 1966.
    • 1966
    • 1 Item
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    Text *QDX 74-1996Offsite
  • A dictionary of famous quotations compiled by Robin Hyman; [reprinted with alterations]

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    • London, Evans [1974]
    • 1974
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFD 99-5180Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Spells for poets : an anthology of words and comment / collected by F. McEachran.[1st ed. reprinted with revision].

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    • London : Garnstone Press, 1974.
    • 1974-1955
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  • One thousand sayings of history presented as pictures in prose.

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    • New York, Grosset & Dunlap [1929]
    • 1929
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    Text JFD 76-3198Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Zitate mit Pfiff und Schliff. [1. Aufl.]

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    • Thun, Ott [1976]
    • 1976
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFK 76-544 v. 1-2Offsite
  • More spells: a new anthology of words and comment [by] F. McEachran.

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    • London, Garnstone Press, 1970.
    • 1970
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFD 77-785Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Women's words of wisdom. [Research papers.

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    • n. p., 1975?]
    • 1975
    • 3 Items
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    Text JFG 99-1282 v. 1Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Mezzanine

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  • The Oxford dictionary of quotations. 3d ed.

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    • Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1979.
    • 1979
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    Text JFE 98-2691Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Dictionary of foreign quotations / compiled by Robert and Mary Collison.

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    • New York, N.Y. : Facts on File, 1980.
    • 1980
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    Text *R-RMRR PN6080 .C54 1980Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference

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  • A translation of all the Greek, Latin, Italian, and French quotations which occur in Blackstone's Commentaries on the laws of England [microform] ; and also in the notes of the editions by Christian, Archbold, and Williams] / by J. W. Jones.

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    • Philadelphia : S. N. Lacy, 1883.
    • 1883
    • 1 Item
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    Text *ZT-1391Offsite
  • Geflügelte Worte : Zitate, Sentenzen und Begriffe in ihrem geschichtlichen Zusammenhang / Kurt Böttcher ... [et al.]

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    • Leipzig : Bibliographisches Institut, c1981.
    • 1981
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    Text JFE 82-1262Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Collins concise dictionary of quotations / compiled by Donald Fraser.

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    • London : Collins, 1983.
    • 1983
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    Text JFC 85-414Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The great thoughts / compiled by George Seldes ; foreword by Henry Steele Commager.

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    • New York : Ballantine Books, c1985.
    • 1985
    • 1 Item
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    Text Pub. Cat. PN6081 .G636 1985Schwarzman Building - Public Catalog Room 315
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  • The Home book of quotations, classical and modern / selected and arranged by Burton Stevenson.

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    • New York : Greenwich House : Distributed by Crown Publishers, 1984.
    • 1985-1967
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    Text Pub. Cat. PN6081 .H635 1984Schwarzman Building - Public Catalog Room 315
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  • The Oxford dictionary of quotations.

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    • London, New York, Oxford University Press [1959]
    • 1959
    • 2 Items
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    Text JFE 83-2600Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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    Text Pforz BPSE (Oxford dictionary of quotations)Schwarzman Building - Pforzheimer Collection Room 319

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  • Sprichwort, Redensart, Zitat : tradierte Formelsprache in der Moderne / Wolfgang Mieder.

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    • Bern ; New York : Lang, 1985.
    • 1985
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    Text JFD 86-1571Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The home book of quotations, classical and modern.

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    • New York, Dodd, Mead, 1967.
    • 1967
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    Text JFE 85-4061Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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    Text JFE 85-4061 Additional copySchwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Across the Atlantic [microform].

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    • New York : Anson D.F. Randolph, 1882.
    • 1882
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    Text *Z-4265 no. 1-9Offsite
  • Hoyt's new cyclopedia of practical quotations drawn from the speech and literature of all nations, ancient and modern, classic and popular, in English and foreign text. With the names, dates, and nationality of quoted authors, and copious indexes; completely rev. and greatly enl. by Kate Louise Roberts.

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    • New York, Funk & Wagnalls, c1927.
    • 1927
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    Text Pub. Cat. PN6081 .H7 1927Schwarzman Building - Public Catalog Room 315
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  • Hoyt's New cyclopedia of practical quotations : drawn from the speech and literature of all nations, ancient and modern, classic and popular, in English and foreign text. With the names, dates, and nationality of quoted authors, and copious indexes / completely rev. and greatly enl. by Kate Louise Roberts.

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    • New York ; London : Funk & Wagnalls, c1923.
    • 1923
    • 2 Items
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    Text JFF 87-221Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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    Text NAY (Hoyt, J. K. Hoyt's new cyclopedia of practical quotations)Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Intertextuality, allusion, and quotation : an international bibliography of critical studies / compiled by Udo J. Hebel.

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    • New York : Greenwood Press, 1989.
    • 1989
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    Text JFE 89-1557Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Chi è, chi non è, chi si crede di essere : il vizionario dei nomi famosi / Roberto D'Agostino.

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    • Milano : col. Mondadori, 1988.
    • 1988
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    Text JFG 90-34Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • They never said it : a book of fake quotes, misquotes, and misleading attributions / Paul F. Boller, Jr., John George.

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    • New York : Oxford University Press, 1989.
    • 1989
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    Text JFD 89-2259Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The Macmillan dictionary of quotations.

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    • New York : Macmillan, c1989.
    • 1989
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    Text JFE 00-466Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • The New dictionary of thoughts : a cyclopedia of quotations from the best authors of the world, both ancient and modern, alphabetically arranged by subjects / Originally compiled by Tryon Edwards ; revised and enlarged by C.N. Catrevas, Jonathan Edwards, and Ralph Emerson Browns.

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    • [New York] : Standard Book Co., 1957.
    • 1957
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFE 89-2520Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Dictionnaire des proverbes, sentences, et maximes.

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    • Paris, Larousse [1960]
    • 1960
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    Text JFC 90-508Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Kakugen no izumi / Horiba Masao.

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    • Tōkyō : Tsuru Shobō, Shōwa 37 [1962]
    • 1962
    • 1 Item
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    Text JAY M-1726Offsite
  • Les citations françaises : recueil de passages célèbres, phrases familières, mots historiques, avec l'indication exacte de la source, suivi d'un index alphabétique par auteurs et par sujets / Othon Guerlac.

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    • Paris : A. Colin, 1957.
    • 1957
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    Text JFD 90-2445Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Quote, unquote / Jonathan Williams ; illustrations by Glen Baxter.

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    • Berkeley, Calif. : Ten Speed Press, c1989.
    • 1989
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    Text JFC 90-573Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Zitatenschatz der Weltliteratur; eine Sammlung von Zitaten, Sentenzen, Aphorismen, Epigrammen, Sprichwörtern, Redensarten und Aussprüchen. Nach Schlagwörtern geordnet.

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    • Berlin, Verlag Praktisches Wissen, F. W. Peters [1958]
    • 1958
    • 2 Items
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    Text D-12 3331Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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  • Algae : an anthology of phrases. Second series / collected by Maurice Baring.

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    • [S.l. : M. Baring, 1929]
    • 1929
    • 1 Item
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    Text Berg Coll 90-271Schwarzman Building - Berg Collection Room 320

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  • Tag und Nacht Notizen / Mascha Kaléko ; herausgegeben und mit einem Vorwort versehen von Gisela Zoch-Westphal.

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    • Düsseldorf : Eremiten-Presse, 1981.
    • 1981
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    Text JFC 90-1416Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • You know these lines! : a bibliography of the most quoted verses in American poetry / by Merle Johnson ; foreword by H.L. Mencken.

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    • New York : G.A. Baker, 1935.
    • 1935
    • 3 Items
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    Text JFE 90-4440Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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    Text JFE 01-1713Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315

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    Text *KAY (Johnson, M. De V. You know these lines)Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • What a piece of work is man! : Camp's unfamiliar quotations from 2000 B.C. to the present / Wesley D. Camp.

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    • Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c1990.
    • 1990
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    Text *R-RMRR PN6081 .C25 1990Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 - Reference

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  • Croaked the raven "One no more" / [compiled by] George Rylands.

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    • Cambridge [England] : Rampant Lions Press, c1988.
    • 1988
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    Text *KP (Rampant) 90-366Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328

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  • Diccionario de sabiduria : frases y conceptos / Tomas Borras y Federico Carlos Sainz de Robles.

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    • Madrid : Aguilar, 1956.
    • 1956
    • 1 Item
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    Text JFE 90-446Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • The concise Columbia dictionary of quotations / Robert Andrews.

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    • New York : Columbia University Press, c1989.
    • 1989
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    Text JFE 94-4086SASB - SIBL - General Research - Room 315
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  • Simple truths : the best of the cockle bur : a collection of wit, wisdom, humor, and beauty / compiled and edited by Harry B. Otis ; illustrated by Larri Munderloh.

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    • Kansas City : Andrews and McMeel, 1990.
    • 1990
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    Text JFD 90-10999Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Das endgültige zynische Lexikon : ein Alphabet harter Wahrheiten / zugemutet von Jörg Drews & Co.

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    • Zürich : Haffmans Verlag, 1990.
    • 1990
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    Text JFC 91-1544Schwarzman Building - General Research Room 315

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  • Lepshy︠i︡a dumki chalaveka / vybraŭ i ŭklaŭ pavodl︠i︡a tėmatyki ︠I︡An P︠i︡atroŭski.

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    • Gėĭnsvilʹl, Fl︠i︡aryda : Byelorussian Charitable Educational Fund, 1977-1992.
    • 1977-1980
    • 3 Items
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    Text *QM 83-7 v. 1Offsite
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    Text *QM 83-7 v. 3Offsite
  • Sāhityika subhāshita kośa / saṅkalana, Harivaṃśarāya Śarmā ; bhūmikā, Daśaratha Ojhā.

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    • Dillī : Rājapāla, 1987.
    • 1987
    • 1 Item
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    Text *OKTK 88-2156Offsite

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