Short Sayings of Great Men

Résumé du livre

The wisdom of most men consists in their borrowings, and any book which brings the "Short Sayings of Great Men" within easy access is sure of such an instant and hearty welcome as this book. The plan of the book is to arrange under the head of each man's name (the names themselves being in alphabetical order) what each one has said, and its distinctive excellence is the way in which the compiler contrives to chat with his readers over the brilliant wit or sententious sayings in which his great men have expressed themselves. Samuel Arthur Bent has opened an unexpected mine of good things. The field is rather surveyed than exhausted, and he has just that light, happy, brilliant way of putting things himself which makes his gems shine brightly in the setting that he gives them. The book is every way desirable as a handbook.