Content of the Dictionary of Quotations
The dictionary of quotations is a compilation of hundreds of thousands of sentences from great authors and leading publications to illustrate the different uses of words.
The dictionary gives up to fifteen quotations per word, starting with literary ones, in chronological order, followed by examples from the media. Each example is accompanied by the name of the author, the title of the source and the name of the corpus for literary texts, and the name of the website for media texts. Click on the name of the corpus or the name of the website, in blue, to open the corresponding webpage in your browser.