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Oxford Reference - Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, Oxford Dictionary of Quotations and Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations Over 1.5 million dictionary definitions, facts, figures, people, places, dates and quotations. Oxford Reference Online offers integrated and consistent information across the full subject spectrum - from general reference, language and quotations to science and medicine, from humanities and social sciences to business and professional. It also includes English/French, English/German, English/Spanish, English/Italian bilingual dictionaries.

Quotations - Books on quotations in the Canisius Library.

Simpson's Contemporary Quotations - The Most Notable Quotations: 1950–1988 Compiled by James B. Simpson Comprising over 10,000 quotations from 4,000 sources, Simpson includes 25 categories and 60 sections ranging from “love” to “criminology.” This comprehensive reference contains words of wit and wisdom from such modern notables as Ezra Pound, Henry Kissinger, George Orwell, Dorothy Parker, and Desmond Tutu.

The Quotations Page - Quotes of the Day, Motivational Quotes of the Day, Quotes of the Week, Random Quotes, Quote Search, Quote Book Reviews.

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations - A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature. The ninth edition of John Bartlett’s classic collection of quotations contains over 9,000 selections from Hesiod and Plutarch, through Chaucer and Thomas Kempis, up to the contemporary statesmen of the day. It also retains quotations removed from subsequent editions to economize on space, thus making it the only resource for the words of many of history’s great thinkers.