Rawson, Hugh

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A dictionary of euphemisms & other doubletalk

being a compilation of linguistic fig leaves and verbal flourishes for artful users of the English Language
1981
Lists and defines euphemisms and includes many examples of usage.

Unwritten laws

the unofficial rules of life as handed down by Murphy and other sages
1997
A collection of over five hundred adages, observations, proverbs, and other unofficial rules that govern life, organized alphabetically by speaker, from Lord Acton, who said, "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely," to Zimmerman's Law of Complaints which states, "Nobody notices when things go right.".

The New international dictionary of quotations

1986
On cover: The best quotations of all time selected and arranged alphabetically by subject to meet the needs of contemporary readers, writers, and speakers.
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