TY - BOOK TI - The Wit & wisdom of literary greats: more than 800 amusing, enlightening and downright cutting quotations SN - 9781853758454 AV - PN 6081 .W58 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - London PB - Prion KW - AUTHORS QUOTATIONS KW - QUOTATIONS N1 - Includes index; Books do furnish a room.--The literary art.-- Writers.-- Books are more than books.--Poet's corner.--The critical moments.--The seven ages of man.--Love & lust.--Time for reflection.--Money makes the world go round.--Affairs of state.--The joy of words N2 - A literary great has the power to influence nations, spread joy and happiness, enlighten entire populations - and offend the whole world. From free-flowing prose to writer's block, the joys and perils that envelop gifted writers' lives are captured for eternity in this hearty batch of quotations from history's legendary wordsmiths ER -