Phrased and Confused: The World's Great Quotations and What They (Really) Mean by Eli Burnstein #literature

Phrased and Confused: The World's Great Quotations and What They (Really) Mean by Eli Burnstein #literatureDATE OF RELEASE: 1 OCT 2026 'Brilliant, revelatory and erudite. Like all the best books it lets you see the familiar world in a new way' Mark Forsyth, author of The Etymologicon 'Enlightening' Steven Pinker Hell is other people. You are what you eat. Ignorance is bliss. Or is it? We read them, perhaps give a knowing chuckle, and move on with next to no thought. But what do these timeless and iconic quotations really mean? Thankfully, language and

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universal problems that each of us will likely face at some point

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