Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
A drama critic is a person who surprises a playwright by informing him what he meant. -- Wilson Mizner | |
Hippogriff, n.: An animal (now extinct) which was half horse and half griffin. The griffin was itself a compound creature, half lion and half eagle. The hippogriff was actually, therefore, only one quarter eagle, which is two dollars and fifty cents in gold. The study of zoology is full of surprises. -- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary" |