Ambrose Bierce's Quote - The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. – Ambrose B

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The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. - Ambrose B

The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. – Ambrose Bierce

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Mayonnaise: One of the sauces which serve the French in place of a state religion. – Ambrose Bierce

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Confidante. One entrusted by A with the secrets of B confided to herself by C. – Ambrose Bierce

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Death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate. – Ambrose Bierce

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The little honesty that exists among authors is discernible in the unconscionable way they misquote from the writings of others. – Arthur Schopenhauer, “On Authorship and Style,” translated from German by Mrs. R

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Epigram: 1.A vividly expressed truth that is so, or not, as the case may be. 2.A dash of wit and a jigger of wisdom, flavored with surprise. – Elbert Hubbard, The Roycroft Dictionary Concocted by Ali Baba and the Bunch on R

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[T]he governess… looked upon him [Mr. Swiveller] as a literary gentleman of eccentric habits, and of a most prodigious talent in quotation. – Charles Dickens, The Old Curiosity Shop, 1841

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After all, all he did was string together a lot of old, well-known quotations. – H.L. Mencken, about Shakespeare

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