WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Tue, 06 Oct 2026 23:57:45 +0000 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://wist.info/wp/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/little-w-little-box-60x60.jpg incense – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Bierce, Ambrose -- “Joss-sticks,” The Cynic’s Word Book (1906) https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/72537/ https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/72537/#respond Tue, 15 Oct 2024 14:16:55 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=72537 JOSS-STICKS, n. Small sticks burned by the Chinese in their pagan tomfoolery, in imitation of certain sacred rites of our holy religion.


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

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