WIST Quotations https://wist.info Wish I'd Said That! Wed, 16 Sep 2026 17:49:03 +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 misquotation – WIST Quotations https://wist.info 32 32 43606282 Byron, George Gordon, Lord -- “English Bards and Scotch Reviewers,” l. 66ff (1809) https://wist.info/byron/62350/ https://wist.info/byron/62350/#respond Thu, 03 Aug 2023 14:58:52 +0000 Dave https://wist.info/?p=62350 With just enough of learning to misquote.


George Gordon, Lord Byron (1788–1824) English poet
“English Bards and Scotch Reviewers,” l. 66ff (1809)
    (Source) ]]> https://wist.info/byron/62350/feed/ 0 62350 Bierce, Ambrose -- “Quotation,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911) https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/1071/ https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/1071/#respond Sun, 01 Feb 2004 18:00:00 +0000 Dave http://wist.info/wp/?p=1071 QUOTATION, n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated.


Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914?) American writer and journalist
“Quotation,” The Devil’s Dictionary (1911)
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Originally published in the "Cynic's Word Book" column in the New York American (1906-06-29). ]]> https://wist.info/bierce-ambrose/1071/feed/ 0 1071