The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time (In Two Lines or Less)

The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time (In Two Lines or Less)

The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time (In Two Lines or Less)
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Editor: John M. Shanahan
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-06-01
ISBN: 0060194111
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Collins

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Book Review: Finally A Quote Book With Personality
Summary: 5 Stars

As a teacher I like to start each day with a new quote on the board for my 5th grade students. MBTOAT in two lines or less will easily get me through the next two school years with almost 300 pages of clever and insightful quotes. With quotes ranging from the minds of Joni Mitchell to Nietzsche there is a quote for everyone. Definitely worth the money.

Some of my favorite quotes include "Truth is the safest lie." (Yiddish proverb) "An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." (Victor Hugo) "Until the day of is death, no man can be sure of his courage." (Jean Anouilh) "Educated men are as much superior to uneducated men as the living are to the dead." (Aristotle)

Summary of The Most Brilliant Thoughts of All Time (In Two Lines or Less)

"Talkers are no good doers."-- William Shakespeare

"The height of cleverness is to be able to conceal it."-- Fran?ois, Duc de La Rochefoucauld

"It is hard to believe a man is telling you the truth when you know you would lie if you were in his place."-- H. L. Mencken

"It is not enough to succeed. Others must fail.-- Gore Vidal

"Women keep a special corner of their hearts for sins theyhave never committed."-- Cornelia Otis Skinner

"You lose it if you talk about it.-- Ernest Hemingway

"The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober."-- William Butler Yeats

"Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five."-- William Somerset Maugham

You don't have to be a genius to sound like one. Here's a collection of the most profound and provocative wit and wisdom in the English language in two lines or less. Edited by entrepreneur John M. Shanahan, who created the wildly successful Hooked on Phonics program, this wonderful book presents the best that has been thought and said on every imaginable topic.

Classified by such themes as "Truth, Lies, and Deception," "Men, Women, and Relationships," and "Passions, Virtues, and Vices," these quotes contain timeless messages for all humankind. Oscar Wilde: "A man who marries his mistress leaves a vacancy in that position." Charles de Gaulle: "The cemetery is filled with indispensable men." Abraham Lincoln: "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." Sophocles: "Men of ill judgment oft ignore the good that lies within their hands, till they have lost it."

Perfect for anyone who has ever been left speechless, this book will make you as glib as Oscar Wilde, as profound as Winston Churchill, and as wise as Aesop. Inspirational, entertaining, and thought-provoking, this is one collection that no library or bookshelf should be without.

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