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Become a dazzling wit or enjoy a good laugh with this entertaining collection of humorous quotations, carefully handpicked and edited by writer and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth. From Art to Bores, Tennis to Wine, this little dictionary contains over 2,700 of the best quotations, from witty one-liners and funny phrases to pithy comments and unintended humour.If you live to be one hundred you''ve got it made. Very few people die past that age. - George Burns I thought coq au vin was love in a lorry. - Victoria WoodChampagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie-detector. - Graham Greene The trouble with a book is that you never know what''s in it until it''s too late. - Jeanette Winterson

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Always good for a laugh and there are lots of laughs, familiar and unfamiliar, on every page from many others wits. * Robert Tanitch, Mature Times *
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Messing About in Quotes

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      Publisher Oxford University Press
      Published 4 October 2018
      ISBN-13 9780198813187
      978-0198813187
      ISBN-10 019881318X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Become a dazzling wit or enjoy a good laugh with this entertaining collection of humorous quotations, carefully handpicked and edited by writer and broadcaster Gyles Brandreth. From Art to Bores, Tennis to Wine, this little dictionary contains over 2,700 of the best quotations, from witty one-liners and funny phrases to pithy comments and unintended humour.If you live to be one hundred you''ve got it made. Very few people die past that age. - George Burns I thought coq au vin was love in a lorry. - Victoria WoodChampagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie-detector. - Graham Greene The trouble with a book is that you never know what''s in it until it''s too late. - Jeanette Winterson

      Trade Review
      Always good for a laugh and there are lots of laughs, familiar and unfamiliar, on every page from many others wits. * Robert Tanitch, Mature Times *
      A great stocking filler. * The People's Friend *

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