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Title
Gale's Quotes: Who Said What?
Content
Included are well known and often cited quotations, along with more obscure ones on a variety of subjects. Many quotes are in their original language. The authors or speakers of the quotations are cross-indexed by both proper and variant names including nicknames and pseudonyms. Most quotations are accompanied by a short biographical sketch from the Almanac of Famous People.
Use this database to answer questions like:
Was the quote "the war to end all wars" used optimistically or as an ominous reference to the war itself? Which GK Chesterton book begins with "Love means to love that which is unlovable."? Who said "Let no man pull you so low as to make you hate him"?
Subjects
Fine and decorative arts
Updated
Not updated; c1995
Coverage
Contains over 117,000 quotes from people from the beginning of time to today's newsmakers. Quotes are from speeches, books, letters and plays. Full text.