The Book of Odes may refer to one of the following:
- The Chinese Classic of Poetry of Shi Jing
- The Christian Book of Odes (Bible)
- The Arabic Kitab al-Aghani
Famous quotes containing the words book of, book and/or odes:
“There is a difference between a book of two hundred pages from the very beginning, and a book of two hundred pages which is the result of an original eight hundred pages. The six hundred are there. Only you don’t see them.”
—Elie Wiesel (b. 1928)
“A book full of brilliance imparts some of it even to its opponents.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“To be a woman and a writer
is double mischief, for
the world will slight her
who slights “the servile house,” and who would rather
make odes than beds.”
—Dilys Laing (1906–1960)