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Software for Quote Enthusiasts Quote Organizer Deluxe: quote, verse, proverb inventory software for Windows. Dictionary Organizer Deluxe: database management software that allows you to create your own dictionary, terminology or glossary books. Book Organizer Deluxe: book inventory software for book collectors. Collectibles Organizer Deluxe: the easy way to organize and manage all your collectibles. Bestselling and bargain books: Quotations Recommended * Search bestsellers * Search bargain books * Other books Books -> Quotations Recommended Never Let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You by: Grothe, Mardy Publisher: Penguin Books Published: March 1, 2002 ISBN: 0142000574 Format:Paperback Pages:126    Read More, Buy It Book Description Amazon.com When John F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country," he wasn't just stirring the hearts of millions of young Americans, he was also engaging in a little-known form of wordplay called chiasmus. Dr. Mardy Grothe has plumbed the depths of this form for years and catalogued hundreds of examples from ancient times to the present, in Never Let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You (title courtesy of Joey Adams). All it takes is a repeated statement with two elements transposed between them--e.g., fool and kiss--and you get a powerful, often humorous, rhetorical prop. Collected in chapters like "Chiasmus for Lovers" and "Chiastic Compliments and Insults," the wisdom of the ages shines in gems such as Cicero's "It is as difficult for the good to suspect evil as it is for the evil to suspect good." Even better is Grothe's running commentary on the form and its masters and the often-biting humor found in the classics, for instance Dr. Johnson's "Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good." Fortunately for us, the good doctor wasn't referring to Never Let a Fool Kiss You or a Kiss Fool You, which is as fun to read as a reference as it is to refer to a reader. --Rob Lightner Product Description: What do Mae West, John F. Kennedy, Victor Hugo, and H. L. Mencken have in common? They all indulged in chiasmus-a literary device in which word order is reversed to hilarious or poignant effect. When Mae West said, "It's not the men in my life, it's the life in my men," she was using chiasmus; when John F. Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country," he was doing the same. Dr. Mardy Grothe has compiled hundreds of examples of chiasmus in this whimsically illustrated collection, bringing this witty and thought-provoking device out of obscurity and into the public imagination. "There is plenty of delight in this overdue collection." (Houston Chronicle)   Read More, Buy It Copyright © 1996-2004 PrimaSoft PC, Inc. All rights reserved.