WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Thu, 10 Sep 2026 20:37:01 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg congratulations – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Bierce, Ambrose -- “Congratulation,” The Cynic’s Word Book (1906) https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/66091/ https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/66091/#respond Tue, 09 Jan 2024 23:31:50 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=66091 CONGRATULATION, n. The civility of envy.


Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914?) American writer and journalist
“Congratulation,” The Cynic’s Word Book (1906)
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Included in The Devil's Dictionary (1911). Originally published in the "Devil's Dictionary" column in the San Francisco Wasp (1881-08-12). ]]> https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/66091/feed/ 0 66091 Gide, André -- Journal (1906-02-13) [tr. O’Brien (1947)] https://wist.info/gide-andre/65103/ https://wist.info/gide-andre/65103/#respond Thu, 30 Nov 2023 16:36:16 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=65103 Nothing is so silly as the expression of a man who is being complimented.


André Gide (1869–1951) French author, Nobel laureate
Journal (1906-02-13) [tr. O’Brien (1947)]
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