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Bartlett, John. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.: Including over 11,000 quotations, the first new edition of John Bartlett’s corpus to be published after his death in 1905 keeps most of his original work intact.
The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996.: The 65,000 essential quotations by 5,000 authors that constitute this authoritative collection represent the research of 154 experts and are divided into 6,500 subjects.
Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations. 1988.: The most notable quotations since 1950, featuring over 9,000 entries from 4,000 sources organized into 25 categories and 60 sections.
Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.: The 2,100 entries in this eminently researched collection form the constellation of collected wisdom in American political debate.

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May 14, 2008

There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, ‘tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come—the readiness is all.
—William Shakespeare

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