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Unpick glib aphorisms and root out cliché with the best-selling author of The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten.

About the Author

Julian Baggini is the editor and co-founder of The Philosophers' Magazine. His books include Do You Think What You Think You Think? (with Jeremy Stangroom), What's It All About?: Philosophy and the Meaning of Life and The Pig That Wants to be Eaten, all published by Granta Books.

Reviews

Baggini is good and witty on our contemporary misuse of proverbs
*Guardian*

An entertaining and engaging look at the everyday phrases and aphorisms embedded in our language. Baggini explores the real meaning behind 100 familiar sayings and questions whether the wisdom is still relevant today ... This book encourages you to choose your words wisely and suggests that "a little learning" is not a dangerous thing
*Psychologies*

Baggini makes some compelling arguments
*Big Issue in the North*

The always enjoyable author of The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten applies his "philosophical scalpel" to famous sayings, proverbs and homespun wisdom
*Bookseller*