Home Book of Quotations Class

This is the biggest, most comprehensive book of quotes in existence and certainly in my collection of 400+ quotation books, dating back to 1590 (I just found out that the library of Congress has 150 quotation books.) It has well over 50,000 quotations, is organized by subject, and is close to 3000 pages. This book, in one of it's edition prefaces, makes it clear that it is not a book of familiar quotations. It is not uncommon, that you will find a subject area which has several pages of fine print quotations dedicated to it, in comparison to a handful of quotes that are found in the average collection. If you consider the book, based on the cost per quotation, it's actually a very good deal.Because it is so comprehensive, some of the quotes are classics, some are highly familiar, but to me, the gems are the unusual ones, all with excellent source information. It's amazing that such a vast compendium does such a good job, and that it was done before the age of computers. (First ed was in the 30's.)If you want the biggest and best, this is it, whether it goes by the Macmillan name or the Home book of Quotations name. The only thing you will be lacking will be the most recent quotes. So.... get a recent Simpsons Conemporary Quotations, and maybe Justin Kaplan's Bartletts, and the Thesaurus of Quotations, and you should be in pretty good shape, quotation colection-wise . Check out my profile to learn about my website, which has loads of quotations focusing on psychology, health, positive psychology and mind body topics

This is the biggest quotation book you'll find that's been printed-- over 2700 pages. It is out of print and not that easy to find. But for classic quotes it can't be beat. It is subject organized which makes it easy to use for writing or speaking or just exploring what brilliant minds throughout history thought about a given subject. It was reprinted as the MacMillan Book of Proverbs, Maxims, and Famous Phrases. Check my list of favorite quotation books. I base my review on the 450+ quotation books I own and my hobby of collecting quotations. I have over 1000 favorites archived at quotations central.