The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Proverb and Quotation

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Proverb and Quotation

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Sometimes a good quote will do, such as "A man in love is incomplete until he has married. Then he's finished" (Zsa Zsa Gabor). Or perhaps "Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures" (Samuel Johnson). Other times, a proverb seems just right, such as ""wedlock is a padlock" or "marriages are made in heaven" or "marry in haste, repent at leisure." Now, in The Ox...more
Hardcover, 720 pages
Published November 13th 1997 by Oxford University Press, USA (first published 1997)
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