" Nice Guys Finish Seventh": False Phrases, Spurious Sayings, and Familiar Misquotations
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Book Overview
Many of our best known quotes are inaccurate, misattributed, or both. In this surprising and delightfully entertaining compendium of famous quotes, we learn the truth about where they came from. This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0062720392
ISBN13:9780062720399
Release Date:January 1993
Publisher:HarperCollins Publishers
Length:288 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"
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If only I had bought this sooner ....
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
Prior to making a technical presentation in China, I asked my translator to quickly write 'One picture is worth a thousand words' on one of the transparencies. He was not aware of this ancient Chinese proverb. It was only on my return to the US that I found this book and "The Rules of Misquotation - Corollary 2F: In a pinch, any orphan quote can be called a Chinese proverb". Frederick Barnard did so in 1927 ...
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