The Faber Book of Aphorisms

The Faber Book of Aphorisms A Personal Selection

Paperback (03 Jul 1989)

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Publisher's Synopsis

Aphorisms are not witticisms or epigrams, but general truths succinctly stated. This anthology contains 3000 quotations from a wide variety of aphorists ranging from Heraclitus to Ogden Nash, as well as Jane Austen, Pascal, Freud, Goethe, the Duke of Wellington, Shaw, Jean Cocteau and many more.

Book information

ISBN: 9780571095193
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Pub date:
DEWEY: 808.882
DEWEY edition: 18
Number of pages: 405
Weight: -1g
Height: 198mm
Width: 126mm