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Enquire Dictionary of Quotations

T J S George

HarperCollins

244 pages/Rs 295

To quote is to attribute learning and wisdom to the person we quote. This being so, why do we quote only foreigners, especially the British? The fact that everyone knows the answer does not mean that everyone also has to like it.

Thence this book by T J S George who thinks that Indians, too, are learned and wise enough to be quoted. If they are not, it can only be because no one has bothered to put together their quotable quotes. Then, what