Bierce, Ambrose -- “Architect,” The Cynic’s Word Book (1906)

Dave — Thu, 09 Jan 2014 13:47:55 +0000

ARCHITECT, n. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money; who estimates the whole cost, and himself costs the whole estimate.

Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914?) American writer and journalist
“Architect,” The Cynic’s Word Book (1906)
(Source)

Included in The Devil's Dictionary (1911), but just the first clause.

Keynes, John Maynard -- (Misttributed)

Dave — Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:00:00 +0000

It is better to be roughly right than to be precisely wrong.

John Maynard Keynes (1883–1946) English economist
(Misttributed)

Not attributed to Keynes until after his death. Actually from Carveth Read, Logic, deductive and inductive (1898): "It is better to be vaguely right than exactly wrong."

WIST Quotations

Bierce, Ambrose -- “Architect,” The Cynic’s Word Book (1906)

Keynes, John Maynard -- (Misttributed)