WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Fri, 24 Apr 2026 22:16:01 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg home improvement – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Bierce, Ambrose -- “Architect,” The Cynic’s Word Book (1906) https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/23452/ https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/23452/#respond Thu, 09 Jan 2014 13:47:55 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/?p=23452 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)
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