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books:

English Church Defense Tracts, No. 1: Roman Misquotations (1872)
Henry Parry Liddon, William Bright

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008

Also Includes No. 2, Are Clergymen Of The English Church Rightly Ordained?; No. 3, Papal Infallibility; And No. 4, More About Roman Misquotations.

What They Didn't Say: A Book of Misquotations

1 review

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

Fills it tiny niche well
Lots of fun stuff about famous misquotations. Perfect bathroom reading for liberal arts majors and others with similar aspirations. AND it can help you win bar bets with that boss of yours who is just well-read enough to remember the misquotations. I just wish it were longer. Not quite enough meat for the price. Fresh fields and pastures new (NOT!) Gild the lily (NOT!)

"Nice guys finish seventh": False phrases, spurious sayings, and familiar misquotations

1 review
Ralph Keyes

HarperCollinsPublishers, 1992

If only I had bought this sooner ....
Prior to making a technical presentation in China, I asked my translator to quickly write 'One picture is worth a thousand words' on one of the transparencies. He was not aware of this ancient Chinese proverb. It was only on my return to the US that I found this book and "The Rules of Misquotation - Corollary 2F: In a pinch, any orphan quote can be called a Chinese proverb". Frederick Barnard ...