Description
Author Leo Rosten
Publisher McGraw-Hill 1972
Binding Hardcover with dustjacket
Condition Excellent- like new with the dustjacket protected by Brodart archival covering
Summary
Kirkus reviews:
"A Dazzlement of 4,500 Proverbs, Folk Sayings, Witticisms, Insights, Maxims, and Moralism -- Collected over 58 Years, Freshly Translated or Rewritten, and Garnished with Irony, Paradox, and Truth."" Further, divided into over 500 cross-referenced categories like Abstinence, Gossip, Old Age, and Wisdom under which rubric we find ""A wise man's question contains half the answer."" Need more be said?