BIBFRAME Work

Title

The book of ancient wisdom

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Bradfield, Bill, 1927- (editor)

Subject

• BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Reference (BISACSH)
• BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / General (BISACSH)
• Quotations, Greek (LCSH)
• Quotations, Latin (LCSH)

Genre Form

• Quotations (LCGFT)
• Translations (LCGFT)
• Translations into English

Language

• English

Classification

• OCC021000
• DDC: 082 (Assigner: dlc)
• LCC: PN6080 .B65 2024 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)
• OCC000000

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography

Summary

"Journey through the ages with this superb hardcover edition of memorable quotes featuring poets, playwrights, politicians, and philosophers of ancient Greece and Rome. Wise words include topics from adversity and courage to love, peace, and war"-- Provided by publisher.

Table of Contents

Machine generated contents note: Adversity -- Art and Artists -- Beauty -- Books and Libraries -- Contentment -- Courage -- Death -- Education -- Envy -- Forgiveness -- Friendship -- Generosity -- Gratitude and Thankfulness -- Greed and Gluttony -- Happiness -- Haste -- The Heavens -- Hope -- Justice -- Kindness -- Law -- Leadership and Statesmanship -- Love -- Luck -- Mathematics and Numbers -- Mind -- Money and Prosperity -- Nature -- Necessity -- Philosophy -- Procrastination -- Reading and Writing -- Reason -- Self-Discipline -- Serenity -- Soul -- Speaking -- Truth -- War and Peace -- Wisdom -- They Said It.

Origin Date(s)

2005

Authorized Access Point

The book of ancient wisdom

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11T20:17:18.016448+00:00
• Agent: cbc
• Status: c
• Derived from: 23690812

Admin Metadata

• Date: 2026-09-11
• Cataloger id: Unknown
• Description level: http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe-2-6-0/
• Description language: eng
• Description authentication: pcc