| Next to the originator of a good sentence is the first quoter of it. |
| —Letters and Social Aims. Quotation and Originality. |
| Ralph Waldo Emerson |
Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations
Drawn from the Speech and Literature of all Nations, Ancient and Modern, Classic and Popular, in English and Foreign Text.
Compiled by J.K. Hoyt & K.L. Roberts
The 21,700 quotations in this standard reference bible, organized by major category, feature original language with translations alongside the classic English and American authors.
Contents
NEW YORK, LONDON: FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY, 1922
NEW YORK: BARTLEBY.COM, 2009
- List of Subjects
- Directory of 917 Quote Classifications
- Most Popular Quote Categories
- Age,Authorship,Beauty,Books,Character,Death,Eating,Epitaph,Fate,Fear,Folly,Fortune,Freedom,Friends,God,Government,Happiness,Heaven,Honor,Hope,Judgment,Justice,Kisses,Knowledge,Labor,Laughter,Law,Learning,Liberty,Life,Love,Lying,Man,Matrimony,Memory,Mind,Money,Music,Nature,Patriotism,Peace,Pleasure,Poets,Politics,Poverty,Power,Prayer,Proverbs and Popular Phrases,Punishment,Religion,Rose,Royalty,Silence,Sin,Slavery,Sleep,Soldiers,Sorrow,The Soul,Speech,Stars,Success,Sympathy,Teaching,Tears,Thought,Time,Toasts,Truth,Tyranny,Vanity,Victory,Virtue,War,Wealth,Wine and Spirits,Wisdom,Wit,Woman,Wooing,Words,Work,World,Youth